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BLIZZARD [2 records]

Record 1 2015-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Violent winter storm, lasting at least 3 hours, which combines below freezing temperatures and very strong wind laden with blowing snow that reduces visibility to less than 1 km.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Violente tempête d'hiver, persistant pendant au moins 3 heures, qui combine des températures au-dessous de zéro et des vents très forts chargés de chasse-neige réduisant la visibilité à moins de 1 km.

OBS

Ce terme est originaire de l'Amérique du Nord, mais il a été étendu à des vents semblables d'autres contrées [(ex. :] buran).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Tempestad invernal violenta que dura por lo menos tres horas y combina temperaturas inferiores a 0°C y vientos muy fuertes cargados de nieve que reducen la visibilidad a menos de 1 km.

OBS

En las regiones templadas el fenómeno denominado "blizzard" se conoce como "ventisca", el cual es mucho menos violento.

OBS

nevisca: término utilizado por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 2 2005-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

In the Gulf [of] St. Lawrence, a local form of blizzard in which the wind-borne ice particles almost cut the skin from the face.

OBS

barber: Applied colloquially to a bitterly cold wind which seems to "cut" the face. Chiefly Canada and New Zealand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent, forme localisée de blizzard dans laquelle les particules de glace emportées par le vent déchirent presque la peau du visage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

En el Golfo de San Lorenzo, forma localizada de "blizzard" en la que las partículas de hielo transportadas por el viento casi cortan la piel de la cara.

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