What do you mean by heavy snow?

① Heavy snow is 2 1 solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it is the third solar term in winter.

② Heavy snow, weather characteristics, refers to the snow with heavy snowfall.

Heavy snow, a solar term

The name "heavy snow" is a metaphor, which reflects the climate change during this solar term. The cold current is active, the temperature drops and the precipitation increases, but it does not mean that there is heavy snow under this solar term. However, after the solar term of heavy snow, the weather will get colder and colder, and the possibility of snow will greatly increase.

The "heavy snow" in solar terms is not necessarily related to the "heavy snow" that describes snowfall in weather forecast. Snow solar term is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during the snow solar term. The "heavy snow" in weather forecast refers to the snow with strong snowfall intensity.

Heavy snow weather sign

According to meteorology, when it snows, the visibility is poor, the horizontal visual distance is less than 500 meters, the depth of snow on the ground is equal to or greater than 5 cm, or the snowfall is between 5.0 and 9.9 mm within 24 hours, which is called heavy snow. The logo is three snowflakes under a cloud.