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 to.

NOAA says the “ingredients” for thundersnow are similar to a thunderstorm: moisture, instability, and a lifting mechanism. In the case of thundersnow, the phenomenon occurs when there is ...

Thundersnow – a thunderstorm that produces snow instead of rain – is sometimes reported during winter storms. But how does this weather oddity occur?

A ripping snowstorm is a force to behold. Boisterous snowfall rates with whipping winds reveal nature’s raw power on even the coldest day. But sometimes it’s a flash high above the surface that really ...

Until recent decades, we didn’t know if the phenomenon was even real. Now scientists are peeling back why thunder and lightning can happen in a snowstorm.

A weather spotter reported thundersnow, which is when lightning and thunder occurs during a snowstorm. The weather phenomenon will return to the Southland on Saturday.

Thundersnow, a rare and powerful winter weather event, could make an appearance in Northeast Wisconsin as Winter Storm Cooper approaches.

Snow arrived in the Pittsburgh area in the overnight areas with a rare round of thundersnow happening around midnight.

By Brandon Miller and Zoe Sottile, CNN 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 ...

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