terms for how it snows
 

There are terms for different kinds of rain (drizzle, mist, pour ...) but are there any terms for how it snows other than heavy/hard and light?

(It's snowing here and someone asked me how to describe the manner in which the snow is falling.)

Re: terms for how it snows
 

it's really coming down
it's dumping
um, that's all i got

(that last one wasn't an expression about snow. ;))

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snow is 'falling' all around us, children playing .....

sorry not going to be much help really. the irish know millions of word for rain, I think you need to wait for a Canadian to come along here....

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blizzard -- packing snow - when the flakes are big - black ice - when the snow melts instantly only to become ice overnight.

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From where I'm from, 'black ice' actually has a different meaning. It's when a road looks like cement or concrete, when in reality, it's actually a thin layer of ice. Looks like cement but actually is ice.

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Flurry? As in a "snow flurry".

Also, black ice has always been nearly invisible ice on the roads, usually caused by fog condensing and immediately freezing to the ground, to me.

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Thanks for the help.

Down? :P