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Some thunder snow is also possible on Wednesday. Between 3 to 6 inches of lake effect snow are predicted for parts of Wayne County, Hitchcock said. Rochester will see closer to an inch while ...
Synoptic snow storms tend to be large and complex, with many possible factors affecting the development of thundersnow. The best location in a storm to find thundersnow is typically in its NorthWest quadrant (in the Northern Hemisphere , based on observations in the Midwestern United States ), within what is known as the "comma head" of a ...
If there is enough instability, thunder is created at the same time as snow falls. Lightning is intensified by the brightness of the snow. Was in bathroom 30 Dec 2010 at 07:05 in Newcastle, UK and the lightning lit up the window like someone was taking a flash photo just outside, ten seconds later there was the thunder.
They found 642 days between the first of December and the end of February when lightning or thunder occurred. Snow fell 85 times within ten days of those 642 times — that’s only 13% of the time.
The North American blizzard of 1996 was a severe nor'easter that paralyzed the United States East Coast with up to 4 feet (1.2 m) of wind-driven snow from January 6 to January 8, 1996. The City University of New York reported that the storm "dropped 20 inches of snow, had wind gusts of 50 mph and snow drifts up to 8 feet high."
Areas south of Pittsburgh received up to 26" of snowfall. Although initially forecast to bring only 4–8" of snow to the area, the storm's track farther to the north lead to the explosive accumulations. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh office recorded 7" of snow over 700P-1159P February 5 and 5.3" over 300A-600A on February 6.
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