Driven snow

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Term: Driven snow
Definition: Snow that has been moved by wind and collected into snowdrifts. A wind speed of about 13 mph will move light surface snow. In weather reports, snow lifted less than 6 ft above the surface is drifting snow, more than 6 ft is blowing snow.  AMSglossary 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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