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  • 1heavy — heaviness, n. /hev ee/, adj., heavier, heaviest, n., pl. heavies, adv. adj. 1. of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load. 2. of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive: a heavy vote; a heavy snowfall. 3. of great… …

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  • 2Heavy snow warning — A Heavy snow warning is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when a high rate of snowfall is occurring or is forecast. Generally, the warning is issued for snowfall rates of 6 inches (15 cm) or more in 12 hours, or 8 inches …

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  • 3snowfall — n. a heavy; light snowfall * * * [ snəʊfɔːl] light snowfall a heavy …

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  • 4snowfall — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ light ▪ annual ▪ average, mean ▪ What s the average snowfall for this region? …

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  • 5heavy — adj. 1 weighing a lot VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ My suitcase was beginning to feel very heavy. ▪ become, get, grow …

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  • 6snowfall — snow|fall [ˈsnəufo:l US ˈsnoufo:l] n [U and C] an occasion when snow falls from the sky, or the amount that falls in a particular period of time ▪ Heavy snowfalls are forecast. ▪ an average snowfall of eight inches a year …

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  • 7snowfall — noun (C, U) the amount of snow that falls, or the amount that falls in a particular period of time: an average snowfall of eight centimetres a year | Heavy snow falls are forecast …

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  • 8Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale — The Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale was created to measure snowstorms in the U.S. Northeast in much the same way the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale records hurricane intensity and the Enhanced Fujita Scale with tornadoes. Contents 1 The Scale 2… …

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  • 9Snow — Snowfall redirects here. For other uses, see Snow (disambiguation) or Snowfall (disambiguation). Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. The process of… …

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  • 10Winter of 2009–2010 in Europe — See also: Winter of 2009–2010 in the United Kingdom Winter of 2009–2010 in Europe Map of Europe showing the difference of temperature between 11–18 December 2009 and the 2000–2008 average. Storm type: Winter storm Formed …

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