KXAN Austin. First Warning Weather Q&A: Wind shears, Thundersnow & weather safety tips. Posted: April 13, 2025 | Last updated: April 13, 2025. What conditions are needed to form Thundersnow?

Thundersnow, which is simply a snowstorm with thunder and lightning, was most recently reportedly observed in the St. Louis, Missouri region amid the brutal winter storm, according to the National ...

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.

When Steiger first began researching thundersnow around 2009, he found that most lightning occurred over water, or within 10 miles of shore. But that pattern began to shift in the ensuing years.

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 ...

Interestingly, cloud-to-ground thundersnow events in nor’easters are oftentimes man-made. That’s because the positive charge in lower regions of the snow cloud is broad and diffuse, often too ...

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 ...

What conditions are needed to form Thundersnow? Learn what those conditions are, how often wind shears occur, and some weather safety knowledge from Meteorologist Rich Segal on this Sunday's First ...

What conditions are needed to form Thundersnow? Learn what those conditions are, how often wind shears occur, and some weather safety knowledge from Meteorologist Rich Segal on this Sunday's First ...