but what made Blair a winter storm instead of a blizzard? StormTracker 12 Meteorologist Justin Kiefer said that one of the key differences between the two is intensity. Blizzards can come and go ...

A fresh layer of snow ... A blizzard is when there are sustained winds or gusts of at least 35 miles per hour and visibility of a quarter mile or less for at least three hours. Before a storm ...

The infamous Blizzard of 1978 first hit the Northeast on Feb. 6, 1978, and stretched into the next day. Snow fell at a rate of 4 inches per hour, and wind gusts reached 83 mph during the storm ...