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First day of winter is here: Snow and cold in forecast as winter begins The West: Rain and warm temperatures. Rain along the West Coast over Saturday and Sunday will douse northern California, the ...
Thundersnow, also known as a winter thunderstorm or a thundersnow storm, is a thunderstorm in which snow falls as the primary precipitation instead of rain. It is considered a rare phenomenon. [1] It typically falls in regions of strong upward motion within the cold sector of an extratropical cyclone.
Here's what to know about thundersnow: Winter snow storm: Fierce winter storm slamming Mid-Atlantic; DC could get a foot of snow Thundersnow observed in St. Louis during winter snow storm ...
Despite the abnormally cold winter over sections of North America and much of Russia, most of the globe saw either average or above-average temperatures during the first four months of 2014. [118] In fact, during the cold wave, North America saw much colder temperatures than Sochi, Russia which during the time was hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Freezing rain develops when falling snow encounters a layer of warm air aloft, typically around the 800 mbar (800 hPa; 80 kPa) level, causing the snow to melt and become rain. As the rain continues to fall, it passes through a layer of subfreezing air just above the surface and cools to a temperature below freezing (0 °C or 32 °F or 273 K).
This article was published Sunday, Jan. 5. For the latest on the winter storm for Monday, Jan. 6, follow us here. ARLINGTON, Va. − More than 60 million Americans were under winter weather and ...
Although average snowfall is relatively high, large snowstorms of more than about 12 inches (30 cm) are rare in the valley. In addition, average winter temperatures in the city are usually not cold enough to support snow cover all winter long. The maximum snow depth recorded in the city was 26 inches (66 cm) on January 11, 1993.
An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in California and the Pacific Northwest and prompting the ...