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whiteout

[hwahyt-out, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌaʊt, ˈwaɪt- /


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Monday morning, after a weekend of snowsquall and whiteout conditions, the crew unloaded the cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 12, 2025

The weather could bring whiteout conditions that will make travel difficult, according to NOAA.

From BBC Nov. 19, 2024

The massive storm shuttered Highway 395 from Southern California to Mammoth Mountain and Interstate 80 to the northern Lake Tahoe area for much of the weekend because of whiteout conditions.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2024

With whiteout conditions in the mountains, ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area paused operations.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2024

The tents, no more than 650 horizontal feet away, were only intermittently visible through the whiteout.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

“I just don’t think the experience is worth having to survive a week of whiteouts and extreme mud if it rains,” she added.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

I couldn't control the conditions - the blistering sun, the whiteouts, the temperatures of -30C - but I could control how I dealt with them.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2023

In famously snowy Buffalo, New York, forecasters predicted a “once-in-a-generation storm” because of heavy lake-effect snow, wind gusts as high as 65 mph, whiteouts and the potential for extensive power outages.

From Washington Times Dec. 23, 2022

These so-called snow squalls, when combined with strong wind gusts, can cause whiteouts, leading to “extremely hazardous” travel conditions, the Weather Service said.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2022

We have been warned about that in briefings, along with frostbite, wind, whiteouts, wind, intense cold, and finally, wind.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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