What is the difference between hurricanes and blizzards?

Answer 1

• blizzard you get snow, and possibly ice lots of it and in a hurricane you get heavy rain and lightning
• hurricanes also have stronger wind then blizzards
• blizzards are cold weather hurricanes are warm
• A Hurricane is fueled by warm moist air and gathers strength over an ocean.
• A blizzard usually is formed by a deepening low pressure system that translates over a land mass in the winter.
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• A hurricane is defined by its structure and wind speed.
• A blizzard is defined by the conditions it is producing at the ground.
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• A hurricane is a tropical cyclone.
• A blizzard is a way to characterize windy snowy conditions.
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• A hurricane is a convective storm that produces large amounts of liquid precipitation.
• A blizzard does not necessarily produce a lot of snow, it can blow existing snow on the ground enough to reduce visibility and cause whiteout conditions.
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• A hurricane can form in the late summer/early fall in the Northern Hemisphere.
• A blizzard can form in the late fall through early spring in the Norther Hemisphere.