That's the word for Boston today. I woke up to "flurries" with "showers" kicking in this afternoon. I don't really understand the term "snow showers." If someone were to take a snow shower, wouldn't it take him/her forever to get his/her hair wet? Also, I generally like hot showers and I've never been in hot snow before.
Anyway, "showers" are due to "pick up" and turn into "storms" with possible "white out" conditions this evening. And there is always potential for a "Nor'easter." I used to really wonder about that term, but I just read "1776" by David McCullogh and apparently "Northeaster" was a term used by colonials to describe certain storms. In modern times, we're just too lazy for the "th."
I guess this is better than saying its snowing "a little," "medium," "heavy," or "really heavy." But I do sometimes think the weatherman thinks he is/wants to be the anchorman.
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