Whiteout
Canadian SlangDefinition
A severe snowstorm with windblown snow reducing visibility to near zero.
Examples
"We had to pull into a Tim Hortons when a whiteout hit—the visibility dropped to almost nothing."
"Driving across the prairies in that whiteout, I could barely see the end of the hood."
"The RCMP shut down part of the Trans-Canada after a sudden whiteout blew in off the lake."