I live in northern New England. In the past five minutes it has been snowing heavy flakes, it is now hailing in addition to the snow and... get this - THUNDER. While snowing, no less. You. Don't. Get. Thunder. During. Snowstorms. Period.
Whacked.
2007-04-12 08:27:40 · 6 answers · asked by T J 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
FYI, I've lived in Vermont and New Hampshire for some 40 years now, and have seen some wild stuff.
This is tame in terms of intensity, but just weird in terms of combinations. I guess with hail you can get thunder (I do remember that happening before), just never met it while getting a good snow cover at the same time.
2007-04-12 08:36:00 · update #1
Welcome to New England.
2007-04-12 08:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not normally, but thunder is merely the sound of rushing air following a lightening bolt. So it must have been a rare thunderstorm in cold air (doesnt often happen) which caused the wackiness. Thunderstorms are formed most often when warm and cold fronts meet, the cold air gets pushed below the warm air, and the clouds form above the cold air layers. So naturally they are in the warm air, which means no snow. So I guess somehow a thunderstorm formed in cold enough air to generate snow instead of the usual rain.
2007-04-12 15:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by Nigel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool thunder snow(Thats what it is called when there is thunder while it is snowing). The weather seems to be like that all over.
2007-04-12 18:37:23 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen thunder in snowstorms many times
2007-04-12 15:31:22 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it snows hard enough and air conditions are just right. Yeah ... you can get thunder and lighting.
2007-04-12 15:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by Dom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is weird! I live in Ohio and back in January it was raining and thundering and lightning out! It was very odd I thought.
2007-04-12 15:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by **La Bella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋