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blizzard
- Definição1
- An extremaly severe weather condition in which temperatures are very low and wind speeds are high, accompanied weither by falling or blowing snow. A blizzard must have sustained winds or frequent gusts reaching or exceeding 35 mph (55 kmph) with visibilities restricted to ¼ mile or less by the blowing snow. The minimum duration of a blizard is three hours.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Subárea1
- Meteorology
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