Snow and ice vocabulary (because this summer is too hot)
ПорОша (f) – a coat of freshly fallen snow
Наст – the hard ice crust that forms on the snow after thaw
Гололёд – almost the same thing as наст, but it's used for ice formed on the roads, wires abd tree branches
МетЕль (f), вьЮга , пургА– a snowstorm without snowfall caused by the wind moving snow from the ground
БурАн – a snowstorm in the steppe
Иней – a thin coat of ice crystalls formed on the various surfaces in cold and humid weather
Изморозь (f) – the same as иней, but forms on the surfaces of long and thin objects like wires, branches, leaves and grass
Кить (f) – the snow falling in large flakes
КухтА, нАвись (f) – a pile of snow on the tree branches
ЛедостАв – a permanent ice coat on the water
ЛедохОд – the process of melting ice moving down the river in the spring
Падь (f) – fluffy coat of large snowflakes
Позёмок – similiar to метель, but the snow is just slightly stirred with the streams of air right above the groung
СугрОб – a pile of snow or a snow hill, a thick snow coat formed during the winter
ПротАлина – a gap in the said snow pile caused by its melting
СлЯкоть – the slushy mix of melting snow, water and dirt (the whole country literally drowns in this every spring)
СосУлька – an icicle, a stalactite-like ice crystall, usually they form on the edges of roofs and of the branches
(there's always a lot of hardly translatable words when it comes to describing weather)
