A snow squall, or snowsquall, is a sudden moderately heavy snowfall with blowing snow and strong, gusty surface winds. It is often referred to as a whiteout...

or heavy snow. Squalls refer to the increase of the sustained winds over that time interval, as there may be higher gusts during a squall event. They...

Snow Squall was an extreme wooden American clipper ship built in Maine for the China trade. A large part of her bow was preserved and is the sole remaining...

two types of snow events reducing visibility in blowing snow: lake effect snow squalls and frontal snow squalls. Lake effect snow squalls are generated...

air passing over relatively warm water; this effect commonly produces snow squalls over the Great Lakes. Within the United States, thundersnow is relatively...

air masses from Russia can blow over the Baltic Sea and cause heavy snow squalls on areas of the southern and eastern coasts of Sweden, as well as on...

(fog) Ice fog Thunderstorm Derecho Multicellular thunderstorm Pulse storm Squall line Storm cell (single-cell) Supercells, rotating thunderstorms Lightning...

A snow flurry is a light snowfall that results in little or no snow accumulation. The US National Weather Service defines snow flurries as intermittent...

called thunderheads. Cumulonimbus can form alone, in clusters, or along squall lines. These clouds are capable of producing lightning and other dangerous...

Rain and snow mixed (American English) or sleet (Commonwealth English) is precipitation composed of a mixture of rain and partially melted snow. Unlike...

snowspout, is a rare instance of a waterspout forming under the base of a snow squall. The term "winter waterspout" is used to differentiate between the common...

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Route 22 runs along its southern edge. On February 13, 2016, a passing snow squall helped cause a 50 car accident on I-78, leading to three deaths. "ArcGIS...

the squall may develop embedded cumulonimbus clouds resulting in lightning and thunder which is dubbed thundersnow. A warm front can produce snow for...

the United States when one or more types of winter precipitation—snow, rain and snow mixed, freezing rain, sleet, graupel, etc.—presenting a hazard, but...

Springfield and forces an early end to the performance. The storm turns into a snow squall overnight, leading to the closure of nearly every local school and business...

Graupel (/ˈɡraʊpəl/; German: [ˈɡʁaʊpl̩] ), also called soft hail or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are...

may cause instability snow showers or squalls. Extratropical cyclone (also nor'easter when in the North Atlantic) – May cause snow in the winter, especially...

A snow road is a type of winter road, which is a road that is used or trafficable only in the winter. Snow roads make up some or all of the on-land segments...

A snow roller is a rare meteorological phenomenon in which cylindrical snowballs are formed naturally as chunks of snow roll down hill or are blown along...

of precipitation that only occur at freezing temperatures, such as snow, mixed snow and rain, or freezing rain. In temperate continental and subarctic...

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A blowing snow advisory was issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when wind driven snow reduces surface visibility and possibly...

[citation needed] In September 2008, NASA's Phoenix lander discovered a snow variety of virga falling from Martian clouds. Fallstreak hole Precipitation...

accompanied by these signs is the best indicator that a potentially violent wind squall is approaching. An extreme example of this phenomenon looks almost like...

can produce a snow whirlwind, snow devil, or sometimes referred to as a "snownado", although differential heating is more difficult in snow-covered areas...

season its name. Any snow begins to melt, swelling streams with runoff and any frosts become less severe. In climates that have no snow, and rare frosts,...

blizzard Snow squall Precipitation Drizzle Freezing Graupel Hail Megacryometeor Ice pellets Diamond dust Rain Freezing Cloudburst Snow Rain and snow mixed...

blizzard Snow squall Precipitation Drizzle Freezing Graupel Hail Megacryometeor Ice pellets Diamond dust Rain Freezing Cloudburst Snow Rain and snow mixed...

A heavy snow warning was a hazardous weather statement issued by the Weather Forecast Offices of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States...