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The criteria for a blizzard warning are sustained winds or gusts of more than 35 mph and blowing or falling snow that reduces visibility to ¼ mile for more than three hours. If it is less than ...

The weather outside can get frightful in the Omaha area during winter. Meteorologist Caitlin Harvey has an explainer of the weather terms you'll need to know, including blizzard, snow squall and more.

A winter storm hit Kansas City on Thursday, Dec. 22, bringing bitter cold temperatures, freezing drizzle and snow. Blizzard-like conditions are expected to make travel treacherous for a few days.

The National Weather Service defines a blizzard as blowing or falling snow with winds of at least 35 miles per hour. The result is reduced visibility to a quarter of a mile or less for three hours ...

That three-hour period is the key, as a blizzard is defined as three hours or longer with sustained wind or frequent wind gusts of at least 35 mph and considerable falling and/or blowing snow that ...

To reach blizzard criteria, we must have blowing and or falling snow with winds of at least 35 miles per hour, and with visibilities reduced to a quarter or a mile or less for three hours.

Blizzard conditions are also expected on Nunivak Island and the Kuskokwim Delta coast of Alaska due to snow of up to eight inches and winds as high as 40 mph.