Sentence examples for slow snow from inspiring English sources

In central Antarctica, the slow snow accumulation in polar-desert conditions precludes counting, but the longest records are obtained here.

Slow snow fell as the Zodiacs ferried me and the other passengers down a short channel between two low cliffs, shaggy with tussock grass, that led to a small, shingled cove near King Haakon Bay.

Annual variations of water level are quite high (ca. 8- 11 meters in Manaus) with slow rising and falling waters mainly driven by the slow snow melt in the Amazon River Andean headwaters [ 25].

But the final handful of racers seemed mired in slower snow conditions and undone perhaps by expectations.

Muddy roads and slow-melting snow "can limit accessibility to places," said Mike Strobel, director of the National Water and Climate Center.

More than 3,000 rescuers with sniffer dogs and excavators were scouring the high-altitude, mountainous area on Saturday, but search efforts were slowed after snow started to fall early in the afternoon, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

A seasonal accumulation of slow-melting snow.

Thousands of homeless earthquake survivors huddled in tents against strong winds Thursday as traffic slowed on snow-slicked roads, challenging recovery workers in far western China.

By the time he was nine years old, his father had become so exasperated by the effete unrest of south-eastern England, with its strikes and go-slows and snow-on-the-line chaos, that he upped sticks and took his family to Sheffield, where Philip and his sister might acquaint themselves with a sturdier value system.

In the high altiplano, poor peasants depend for much of their water on the slow melting of snow.

Snowboarder Shaun White did not let the heavy, wet snow slow him down in the slopestyle competition, winning his record eighth Winter X gold medal.