A snow eater is any warm wind blowing over a snow surface. The cold fall wind blowing northwest down the Vardar Valley of Greece into the Gulf of Salonica is called a Vardar. A williwaw is a VERY violent squall in the Straits of Magellan. It occurs in any month, but most frequently in the winter. Youg is a hot wind during unsettled summer weather in the Med.
Freezing rain is made up of super-cooled raindrops that turn to ice upon contact.
To be a blizzard, snow must be falling with sustained winds faster than 35mph and have a visibility of one quarter mile or less over an extended period of time. One raindrop can consist of 1 to 10 million cloud droplets. Acid rain is caused when clouds absorb gaseous pollutants. The largest hailstone fell on Coffeyville, Ks. It measured 6.0 inches in diameter.