Snow Flurry
This is the annoying type of snow, that just sort of hangs about. It’s not going to stick to the ground. It’s not going to cancel classes. It just looks pretty for the few minutes that it’s falling.
Snow Squall
This is the snow that only seems to fall when you’re in the 10th hour of your 11-hour car ride. It just shows up out of nowhere, reducing your visibility to basically zero and forcing you to crawl along so that the last 10 miles home take about three hours.
Snowburst
This type of snowfall also reduces visibility, but at least you actually get snow on the ground afterwards. Much as the name implies, these occur as quick little explosions that send school children running around in glee as they realize that they won’t have school the next day.
Blizzards
Commonly known as, “the weather event of canned goods companies’ dreams.” As people scramble to stock up on water, food and the other necessities of life, remember, you have the FFC for all your post-blizzard needs. (Be sure to thank the workers!)
Snowstorm
Though commonly mistaken for blizzards, they are in fact two different things. Blizzards must last at least three hours with strong winds that reduce visibility to less than a quarter mile. Snowstorms, however, just consist of a bunch of snow. It’s like all the fun of the snow day following the Blizzard but without the constant news cycle detailing our impending doom.
