What does heavy snow mean?

① Heavy snow is the 21st solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in winter.

② Heavy snow, a weather characteristic, refers to snow with heavy snowfall.

Heavy Snow Festival

The name "Heavy Snow" is a metaphor, reflecting the climate changes during this solar term. Cold currents are active, temperatures drop, and precipitation increases. It does not mean that there will be heavy rain during this solar term. Snow. But after the heavy snow festival, the weather will get colder and colder, and the possibility of snow will greatly increase.

The "heavy snow" in the solar terms is not necessarily related to the "heavy snow" used to describe snowfall in weather forecasts. The Heavy Snow Festival is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during the Heavy Snow Festival. The "heavy snow" in the weather forecast refers to snow with greater snowfall intensity.

Heavy snow weather signs

Meteorological regulations: visibility is very poor when it snows, the horizontal visibility distance is less than 500 meters, the depth of snow on the ground is equal to or greater than 5 cm, or 24 hours Snowfall with an amount of 5.0 to 9.9 mm is called heavy snow. The logo is three snowflakes under a cloud.