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What Is The Difference Between Snow Flurries And Snow Showers?Snow refers to the partially frozen water vapor which falls in flakes. The expression snow flurries refers to light, intermittent snowfall without significant accumulation. Snow flurries tend to come from stratiform clouds. Snow showers is the label used to refer to a short period of light-to-moderate snowfall, also characterized by a sudden beginning and ending. There is some accumulation with snow showers, and they fall from convective or cumuliform clouds. A snow …
Nearby words
vapor, vapor barrier, vapor lock, vapor pressure, vapor tension, vapor trail, vaporescence, vaporetto, vaporific, vaporimeter, vaporing
Origin of vapor trail
First recorded in 1940–45
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Examples from the Web for vapor trail
A thin, high streak of vapor-trail needling down toward them from the sunrise rainbow turned the channel of his thought.
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