Have you ever known a snow thunderstorm?
Were and when?
Giant hailstones the size of golf balls do not count.
2007-02-10 22:53:16 · 13 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
I heard thunder in a snowstorm for the first time, last winter here in Yorkshire.
It does happen.
2007-02-10 22:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no count if it rains or snows, thunder and lightning are attainable. for the period of a typhoon with rain, it'd be heat, relative to a typhoon with snow, working example. warmer temperatures attraction to extra instability, as a results of dynamics of the ambience and all medical hooey you do no longer ought to understand. yet even at chilly temperatures, if the ambience can get volatile sufficient, like it did the day purely before this, you get what's oftentimes observed as "thundersnow" and it relatively is definitely one of those unofficial climate words. in some cases it happens in great snowstorms, nor'easters, and blizzards. It additionally became extensively wide-unfold to take place around huge apple city in the process the snowstorm of '06 lower back in February.
2016-12-17 14:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is defiantly possible. I experienced it my self when i was getting ready to go to bed when all of the sudden, i see a really bright lightning bolt and a loud sound of thunder and when i looked outside, it was snowing really hard. It can happen anywhere. It usually happens when a big snow storm is in affect
2007-02-11 14:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by Justin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember it happening once when I lived in NW suburbs of Illinois, But with the strange weather & events we have been having over the past few years, I wouldn't be surprised if it happened a lot more often.
2007-02-10 23:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by á?¦à®?á?¦ Mo á?¦à®?á?¦ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible. Over here in Aberdeen Scotland we experienced this in Early 2006. A sight to behold for sure.
2007-02-11 02:16:40 · answer #5 · answered by dale s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very very very uncommon. But I saw it a few months ago up here in Canada during a huge early-winter storm.
2007-02-10 22:59:05 · answer #6 · answered by s2pified 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have had thunder during a snow storm...Northern Canada
2007-02-11 02:06:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's rare but it does happen. I live in Denver, CO and it has happened here a few times.
2007-02-10 22:57:52 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once in a great while, here in Pennsylvania. I don't recall when, or the conditions.
2007-02-10 23:01:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
very rarely in this country
2007-02-11 21:49:31 · answer #10 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋