blizzard

     

A blizzar is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow. Blizzards are formed when a high pressure system, also known as a ridge, interacts with a low pressure system; this results in the advection of air from the high pressure zone into the low pressure area. The term blizzard is sometimes misused by news media to describe a large winter storm that does not actually satisfy official blizzard criteria.

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  • During one of these heavy snowstorms, visibility is less than one-quarter mile
  • For a storm to be called this, it must have winds greater than 32 MPH & heavy snow
  • It's a snowstorm with winds past 30 knots, below normal temperatures & visibility reduced to 1/8 of a mile
  • When parents hear this word, they think "heavy snowstorm"; when teens hear it, they think "yummy treat from Dairy Queen"
  • The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours
  • In March 1888 one of these blinding snowstorms struck the East Coast, creating 40-to-50-foot snowdrifts
  • The "Great" one of these paralyzed New York City on March 12, 1888

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