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Thundersnow is exactly what the name suggests – a snowy thunderstorm. But the winter version of a thunderstorm is far less frequent than the spring and summer thunderstorms most people are used to.
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What is thundersnow?
NOAA says the “ingredients” for thundersnow are similar to a thunderstorm: moisture, instability, and a lifting mechanism. In the case of thundersnow, the phenomenon occurs when there is ...
Thundersnow, also known as a winter thunderstorm, happens when a snowstorm is accompanied by thunder and lightning. As of Monday (Jan. 6) morning, the phenomenon has been reported across much of ...
A weather spotter reported thundersnow, which is when lightning and thunder occurs during a snowstorm. The weather phenomenon will return to the Southland on Saturday.
As Michigan faces a winter storm Friday, community members reported thundersnow in the region. Here's a look at how that happens.
Western New York is bracing for a historic wallop of snow that could dump 4 to 6 feet on the region through Sunday — including possible “thundersnow,” forecasters said.
Folks are reporting thundersnow. Local meteorologists at the National Weather Service give us to lowdown.
Buffalo was walloped by 3-inch-per-hour snowfall rates and even “thundersnow” Thursday night as a historic lake-effect storm system bore down on the region. By 10 p.m., 6 inches of snow had ...
How to understand the weather phenomenon of thundersnow during Friday's winter storm.
Residents of Michigan and Toronto reported seeing thundersnow on Friday night, a rare weather phenomenon when lightning and thunder accompany snowfall.
Thundersnow is exactly what the name suggests-- a snowy thunderstorm. But the winter version of a thunderstorm is far less frequent than the spring and summer thunderstorms most people are used to ...
Thundersnow occurs when this weather system occurs in the midst of a snowstorm. Why is thundersnow so rare? The conditions required to create thunderstorms rarely occur during the winter months.