Thundersnow

[shazzap]

We have just had Thunder and Lightning, whilst it was snowing. Apparently this is very rare, and called Thundersnow. You learn something new, every day.

[gillsbay]

Maybe not quite so rare, 3 threads on the org have made reference to Thundersnow before this one

http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?130965-any-lightning-tonight&highlight=thundersnow
http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?65826-What-a-night.&highlight=thundersnow
http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?65616-ready-steady-go!-...-wheelie-bin-races-again/page2&highlight=thundersnow

just thought I would do a search as I remembered seeing something on here in the past, never remember having seen it myself though.

[secrets in symmetry]

It's been snowing really light powder here. I've rarely seen such light powdery snow in this country.

[shazzap]

I have never seen it. I don't live in Caithness.

[Beat Bug]

I've never seen it either. My friend in Hull has just said he saw lightening down there!

[Kenn]

Not so rare as you might think, when a cold front and a warm one meet we tend to get thunder claps...currently we have cold air coming from central europe battling with warmer air trying to come in from The Atlantic.

[Dadie]

Are we going to have snow lying enough for a sledge?
But not enough for making the roads hairy(caithness)......not like "down south" where a half inch of the white stuff grounds the roads to a standstill!

[Tugmistress]

Thundersnow is not as rare up here as it is over other parts of the UK. We have the north sea meeting the atlantic ocean with a dribble of gulf stream thrown in and we regularly get the correct conditions as do most of the west coast.
Regarding snow lying, don't get the sledges out yet i don't think.

[shazzap]

I've never seen it either. My friend in Hull has just said he saw lightening down there!

True. That is where i am.