One gives the effect of the monsoon; one is dry, like powdered snow.
Ice and fine powdered snow formed a thin blanket on the floor of the cave.
Above the crust there was a layer of light, dry, powdered snow.
The powdered snow was lying loose above a hard base, and his feet sank in up to his ankles.
He gave a strong push with his poles and began to parallel over the lightly-packed, powdered snow.
The wind was a hard blow out of the north, gritty with powdered snow.
He didn't see the eddies of powdered snow swirling on top of the crust.
Finely powdered snow had been driven into the stonework so that it looked like the ghost of a church.
A light breeze came into the room, whirling up the powdered snow on the floor.
We made it in spite of the powdered snow that the wind threw into our faces, though my hands were thoroughly chilled.