Those collisions create the same static charges as in a summer thunderstorm. With enough static charge, lightning is created. Thundersnow is typically associated with very heavy rates of snow ...

But sometimes it’s a flash high above the surface that really steals the show. Vivid bouts of thundersnow are a rare but beautiful phenomenon that some folks are lucky to experience during the ...

Swap out the rain, and replace it with snow, and you have what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) describes as the “rare weather phenomenon” known as thundersnow.

Atmospheric instability resulted in ’Thundersnow,' an unusual weather condition that brings lightning and thunder during a snowstorm. Photo: Fox ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A rare weather event known as “thundersnow” was documented in Astoria on Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service data, a bolt of lightning was recorded ...