0 a weather condition in which snow and clouds change the way light is reflected so that only very dark objects can be seen
In a whiteout, it’s difficult to see because there’s too much snow in the air – everything is white!
The prevailing low cloud and whiteout made navigation difficult, and in dangerous terrain could halt progress altogether.
It produced 90 mph (145 km/h) wind gusts, waves over 35 feet (11 m) high, and whiteout snowsqualls.
Inside the fog, one's normal spatial references are lost when immersed within an optical whiteout, and the white noise of hissing nozzles.
The whiteout conditions and open water on the trail made snowmobile travel unsafe.
Especially hard hit were eastern sections of the state, which saw over a foot of snow and whiteout conditions.
Whiteout conditions will affect narrow corridors from shores to inland areas aligned along the prevailing wind direction.
