A winter hurricane, explained. The National Weather Service defines a blizzard as blowing or falling snow with winds of at least 35 miles per hour. The result is reduced visibility to a quarter of ...

FIRST, WE’LL START WITH BLIZZARD. A WINTER STORM WITH SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MILES AN HOUR BLOWING OR FALLING SNOW. THAT REDUCES VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE. BUT THIS WHOLE STORM TO ...

HAD. AND WITHOUT MUCH SNOW. YOU KNOW, WHEN MANY PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD BLIZZARD, THEY IMMEDIATELY THINK HIGH AMOUNT OF SNOW. BUT THAT’S NOT USUALLY THE CASE. IN TODAY’S WEATHER EXPERT ...