DESCRIBING SNOW Adjectives in large/small quantities: deep, | VIP speak english [link]

DESCRIBING SNOW

Adjectives
in large/small quantities: deep, heavy, light, thick
Winters are cold with heavy snows.

recent: fresh, new
The fresh snow increases the avalanche risk and makes the climb much more dangerous.

soft or wet: melting, soft, wet
They manhandled the sledges over ice hummocks and through soft snow.

hard or dry: crisp, dry, frozen, hard, powdery
Conditions were perfect, lovely powdery snow and clear blue skies.

being blown: drifting, driving, swirling
Drifting snow caused the closure of many roads.

Verbs
fall: blow, fall
Several centimetres of snow had already fallen and it was coming down heavily

stay: lie
There was snow lying on the ground all the way.

melt: disappear, melt, recede, retreat, thaw
The forecast is good and the snow has melted.

cover or block things: blanket, block, cover
Three or four inches of snow has blanketed the ground for over a week now.

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