Abstract
A diagnostic study of a winter snowstorm event was presented. The results showed that some factors were of importance to the formation of the snow gush. Most of the factors were similar to those for summer rain gush, while the temperature stratification structure was important to distinguish snow from rain.
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Meteorological Science Foundation.