Conditions are not "blizzard like." It is a blizzard.
Thank you.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Note to Television Meteorologists and Journalists
IF it is snowing heavily and IF winds are gusting above 50 mph and IF visibility is measured as a few hundred feet,
I have seen the blizzard in the High Plains mischaracterized in this way literally a dozen times today both on air and online.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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The technical definition of a blizzard is for these conditions (> 35mph winds, snow/blowing snow, and < 1/4 mi vis) for 3 hours. You can clearly have blizzard-like conditions for a half-hour in a snow squall - but it not technically be a blizzard. Otherwise we'll overuse Blizzard warnings. This happens quite a bit in the higher (exposed) passes of Colorado.
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