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A blizzard is a severe weather condition characterized by low temperatures and strong winds (greater than 35 mph) bearing a great amount of snow, either falling or blowing.
In order to be classified as a blizzard, as opposed to merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several conditions. The storm must decrease visibility to 1/4th of a mile for 3 consecutive hours, include snow or ice as precipitation, as well have wind speeds of at least 32mph (7 or more on the Beaufort Wind Scale).
When these conditions persist after snow has stopped falling, it is called a ground blizzard.
An extreme form of blizzard is a whiteout, where the downdrafts, coupled with snowfall become so severe that it is impossible to distinguish the ground from the air. People caught in a whiteout can quickly become disoriented, losing their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction. Severe blizzards can also occur in conjunction with arctic cyclones.
The word blizzard is a modern one of unknown origin; but it is likely from the surname "Blizard." It was first widely used after the great American winter storm now known as the "Blizzard of 1880." Certain types of blizzards in the northeastern United States are colloquially known as Nor'easters.
This term is also used to describe an activity or situation with similarly chaotic action, such as being 'buried under a blizzard of email' (much as we describe a 'whirlwind of activity').
There are many famous blizzards that have happened in the U.S.
Two of these happened in the same year. The Blizzard of 1888 paralyzed the Northeastern United States. In this blizzard, 400 people were killed, 200 ships were sunk, and snowdrift s towered 15 to 50 feet high. Earlier that year, the Great Plains states were struck by the Schoolhouse Blizzard that left children trapped in schoolhouse s and killed 235 people.
The Armistice Day BlizzardThe Armistice Day Blizzard took place in the United States on November 11 ( Armistice Day) and 12 November, 1940. Mild weather ahead of an intense low pressure system tracking from Kansas to western Wisconsin was quickly followed by a raging blizzard. in 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F caught many people off guard, with its rapid and extreme temperature change. It was 60 degrees FahrenheitThis article is about the temperature scale; see also Fahrenheit graphics API. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit ( 1686 1736), who proposed it in 1724. In this scale, the freezing point of water is 32 de in the morning but by noon it was snowing rapidly. Some of those caught unprepared died by freezing to deathHypothermia is a medical condition in which the victim's core body temperature has dropped to significantly below normal and normal metabolism begins to be impaired. This begins to occur when the core temperature drops below 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees in the snow and some while trapped in their cars. Altogether, 154 people died in the Armistice Day Blizzard.
One-hundred five years after the blizzard of 1888, a massive blizzard nicknamed the Storm of the CenturyStorm of the Century is a 1999 horror tv miniseries written by Stephen King and directed by Craig R. Promotional material for the miniseries claimed that it was King's first ever story written exclusively for a miniseries, but was actually his second afte hit the U.S. It dropped snow over 26 states and reached as far north as CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe and as far south as MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co. Highways and airports were closed across the U.S. As a wider effect, the storm caused 15 tornadoFor other uses of Tornado, see Tornado (disambiguation). waterspout near Florida. A tornado is a violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud. The word "tornado" comes from the Spanish or Portuguese verb tornar meaning "to turn.es to hit Florida. When the Storm of the Century was over it affected at least half the of U.S. population; 270 people died and 48 were reported missing at sea.
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