View Full Version : Thundersnow
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.
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
18-Jan-13, 23:18
It's been snowing really light powder here. I've rarely seen such light powdery snow in this country.
I have never seen it. I don't live in Caithness.
I've never seen it either. My friend in Hull has just said he saw lightening down there!
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.
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
19-Jan-13, 11:19
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.
I've never seen it either. My friend in Hull has just said he saw lightening down there!
True. That is where i am.
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright © 2024 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.