WTF? Winter Storm Leon? So they have to add drama to the winter now? And what were the names of the first 11 storms?
Don't get me started.
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Too late.
And WTF is up with "snow SHOWER", "snow EVENT", hmmm? Does everything need its own new term and name now? Is the added word somehow more descriptive? Does a storm deserve more attention because it has a name?
On the other hand, there's "frozen precip".
Five syllables of "precipitation" too much trouble? Then just say "frozen rain"; that cuts yet another syllable off.