Does it have to do with the moisture in the air, that it's frozen so there's no "path" for the lightning?
2007-01-08 03:56:33 · 8 answers · asked by grinter87 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Lightning is produced by cumulonimbus cloud. Cumulonimbus is uncommon in colder areas so you don't often see lightning with snow but there is no reason it can't happen.
2007-01-08 07:15:24 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, there can be lightning in snowstorms, however, all the condtions will have to come together for it, and I means its A LOT of conditions needed for lightning in a snowstorm.
2007-01-08 12:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thundersnow is a particularly rare meteorological phenomenon that includes the typical behavior of a thunderstorm, but with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain. It commonly falls in regions of strong upward motion within the cold sector of extratropical cyclones between autumn and spring when surface temperatures are most likely to be near or below freezing.
2007-01-08 12:09:26 · answer #3 · answered by Sherpa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well their is lightning in blister's, the condition have to be just right for this to happen and it can also thunder in a snow storm as well I've seen this happen while living in Detroit MI three years ago It is the same concept as when it rains when it comes to the molecule's
2007-01-08 17:51:23 · answer #4 · answered by jetrose2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah i've seen lightning in snowstorms!
2007-01-08 13:33:22 · answer #5 · answered by LiamCymro 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
their is a event called a thunder snow it does not happen very often, because colder air can't hold the same amount of water as compared to warmer air. when a thunder snow happens a large amount of snow is common.
2007-01-08 12:05:43 · answer #6 · answered by nobody722 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
prbably because linghtning needs eletrical charges in the air to form and snow can't ever be eletricly charged
2007-01-08 21:49:09 · answer #7 · answered by dumbledore_2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen that happen several times. So it is possible.
2007-01-08 11:59:15 · answer #8 · answered by faversham 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋