winter storm
Cold weather event
A winter storm is a weather event bringing significant snow, ice, or freezing rain, often with strong winds.
Winter storms range from brief squalls to multiday blizzards that paralyze regions.
Meteorologists issue winter storm warnings when conditions threaten travel and safety: Schools closed ahead of the winter storm.
The winter storm dropped eighteen inches overnight.
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- lake effect snowMoisture from unfrozen bodies
- snow squallSudden intense snowstorm
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- sleetPartly frozen precipitation
gale · nor'easter · freezing rain · cyclone · black ice · road conditions · hypothermia · cold front · snowdrift · frostbite · polar vortex · snowstorm · subzero temperatures · chilly · flurries · howling · cold · thunderstorm
- Cold Expressionsfreezing cold, bitter cold, bone-chilling, cold snap, cold spell
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, snowfall, cold snap, cold
- school closuressnow day, school closure, blizzard, teacher strike, power outage
- weather safetytornado warning, hurricane warning, blizzard warning, flood warning, weather alert
- snowed insnowed in, snowbound, stranded, trapped, stuck
- winter stormsblizzard, whiteout, flurries, squall, nor'easter
winter stormheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
summer drought · hot spell · summer storm · tropical heat · Indian summer
winter stormcalm
Free from agitation
clear skies · fair weather · sunny day · tranquility · stillness
storm, winter, stormy, wintry, hibernate, winters, tempest, midwinter, wintery