What is the difference between a SNOWSTORM and a WINTER STORM?

Answer 1

A winter storm is a type of precipitation in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form (i.e. freezing rain). Snowstorms are storms where large amounts of snow fall. Snow is less dense than liquid water, by a factor of approximately 10 at temperatures slightly below freezing, and even more at much colder temperatures. Therefore, an amount of water that would produce 2 cm (0.8 in.) of rain could produce as much as 20 cm (8 in.) of snow.

Answer 2

both snowstorms and winter storms involve wind, but only snowstorms have snow, A blizzard is heavy snow with high winds. A winter storm may include all or none of the following...high winds, heavy rain, ice pellets, sleet,freezing rain. Winter storms can be way more fierce than snowstorms which usually leave behind lots of snow. A winter storm can cause flooding, downed trees, power outages, and damage to water systems

Answer 3

BIG difference. Snow storm is just that a snowstorm. While a winter storm is NOT necessarily snow. It can be sleet, rain, cold, wind etc.

Answer 4

Snow storm and winter storm are related to each other, but winter snow is much worse than snow storm. Winter storms are among nature's most impressive weather spectacles. Their combination of heavy snow, freezing rain, and high winds can totally disrupt modern civilization: closing down airports and roads, creating power outages, and downing telephone lines. Winter storms remind us how vulnerable

Answer 5

snowstorm: a storm accompanied by a heavy fall of snow
winterstorm: Extreme cold ♥

Answer 6

winter storm doesnt have to mean that it is snowing it could just be windy and rainy