Blowing snow
Weather condition sign 38: Light or moderate snow drift (above eye level) |
Weather condition sign 39: Heavy snow drift (above eye level) |
Drifting snow prevails when snow lying on the ground is thrown up by the wind at eye level of the observer and the visibility at eye level drops below one kilometer.
Blowing snow below eye level is known as snow sweeping .
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Wiktionary: blowing snow - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
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- Deutscher Wetterdienst: Observer's manual for reporting points of the synoptic climatological measuring and observation network (BHB) 3rd edition 1998.
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO): Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation.