Thundersnow is exactly what the name suggests – a snowy thunderstorm. But the winter version of a thunderstorm is far less frequent than the spring and summer thunderstorms most people are used ...

A rare weather phenomenon rumbled across several eastern and central U.S. states this weekend as Arctic air continues to bring heavy snow and freezing temperatures to millions of Americans.

But there are weird winter events that are much more unusual. For instance, have you ever experienced thundersnow? “Very intense winter storms can trigger the rare phenomenon of thundersnow ...

“Unlike supercells, which have their cloud tops climb tens of thousands of feet into the atmosphere, cloud tops in a thundersnow event are typically a fraction of [that].” Rutt also talked ...

When Patrick Market began researching thundersnow more than two decades ago, he received two very different kinds of responses. “One type was, ‘Thank you for doing this, I knew that I’d seen ...

The forecasts are being accompanied by an unusual buzzword: thundersnow. Thundersnow occurs during a thunderstorm that produces snow instead of rain. The mechanisms that produce rainy ...

Now, as if to add an exclamation point to the freakiness of this week’s weather, there has been thundersnow in the Southland — and more could be on the way. A weather spotter near the Devore ...

Residents captured the streaks of lightning illuminating the sky while icy snow plummeted to the ground — a phenomenon known as thundersnow. Thundersnow is a dramatic weather phenomenon which ...

Friday's storm brought an unusual weather combination to metro Detroit — thundersnow. The rare phenomenon happens when thunder and lightning accompany snowfall. Let's take a closer look at ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Thundersnow is a rare weather event that tends to get significant attention when it transpires. Thundersnow happens when lightning occurs in a snowstorm. Strong instability, ...

The conditions needed to create thunderstorms are very rare, and can be dangerous, meteorologists warn. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...