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Term | Definition |
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Snow | Solid precipitation formed in the atmosphere by sublimation of water vapor onto solid nuclei. |
Dusting | A very miniscule snow fall. |
Ice | Frozen Water |
Avalanche | A large mass of snow or ice detached from its position and moving swiftly down a mountainside. |
Blizzard | A strong wind where snow drifts so high and thick it is difficult to tell whether the sky is clear or clouded. |
Black Ice | Thin dark appearing salt-water ice without snow covering, the top is usually wet from newly melted snow. |
Yellow Snow | Don't Eat this one! |
Drift | Wind-driven snow in motion along the surface, can reach heights of 100 feet or more. |
Frost | A light feathery deposit of ice through condensation of water vapor, directly in the crystalline form. |
Sleet | Frozen raindrops or wet snowflakes. |
Snowstorm | Large numbers of snow crystals or flakes falling in a continuous stream from the sky and restricting visibility to about a mile. |