Re: 'snowstorm vs. blizzard'
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 21, 2003, 2:02 |
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Robert Jung scripsit:
> My eight-year-old brother has a question: What's the difference between
> "snowstorm" and "blizzard"?
As defined by the U.S. National Weather Service, a blizzard requires both of:
1) winds with more than 32 mph (51 km/hr)
2) visibility less than 500 feet (150 m)
I can't find any Meteorological Service of Canada definition, but I bet
it's the same.
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