Snow wave

When the wind changes direction and blows snow hard into your face

Amelia was out playing in the snow. Currently it’s snow and freezing rain. She started banging in the door.

Amelia (age 7): “Mom. I might be fatly injured.”

Me: “Fatally you mean? What happened?”

Amelia: “I was hit by a snow wave. Hard.”

Me: “What’s a snow wave?”

Amelia: “It’s when the snow slaps you into the face!”

Me: “Did you fall in it?”

Amelia: “No. I was hit by a snow wave I said.”

Me: “I guess I still don’t understand what a snow wave is. Tell me how it happened.”

“I was minding my own business and trying to ride a scooter in the deep snow. It wasn’t working very good. Then a snow wave came up and smacked me right in the face! ”

And now you know what it is called when blowing snow goes into your face.