Thundersnow hammers the East Coast, and so do the jokes

CNET ^ | March 7, 2018 | Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

[EdnaMode]

Because the snowstorm currently hitting the East Coast isn't enough, it's also bringing with it thundersnow. That weather phenomenon is exactly what it sounds like: a snowstorm that features thunder and lightning. Very, very frightening.

"Thunderstorms accompanied by snow are usually of a different character than the 'normal' thunderstorm," Weather.com explained in 2015. "Thundersnow develops when the air is below freezing near the ground, and unlike most summer thunderstorms, it isn't near-ground air that rises all the way into the tall thunderstorm top. The instability is in only a shallow layer aloft. In thundersnow, the 'action' mainly takes place in a rather shallow layer that is usually near 20,000 feet and only around 5,000 feet thick."

[EdnaMode]

Of course. :D

[EdnaMode]

Wow, twice in one day? That’s pretty amazing.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

a snowstorm that features thunder and lightning. Very, very frightening.

If you are under the age of six.

[vladimir998]

thundersnow is one of the most awesome things in nature. Lightning reflecting off of billions of falling snowflakes in the dark. Awesome.

[World'sGoneInsane]

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/Lightning-Thundersnow-Teacher-Struck-Manchester-Township-Ocean-County-New-Jersey-476153813.html

[colorado tanker]

Nor’easters still aren’t officially named. Weather Channel started naming winter storms as a marketing gimmick a few years ago.

[RegulatorCountry]

Not a Queen fan, I take it.

[butlerweave]

They’re running out of crazy names for a Snow Storm

[Rio]

thunder and lightning. Very, very frightening.

Galileo!

[Andy'smom]

No snow where I am south of Boston.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

That was "thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening"

[teeman8r]

I thought Robert Mitchum did thunder road...

Hmmmm

[RegulatorCountry]

OK, so it was thundersnow and lightning, very very frightening.

[null and void]

Shark-snow-nado.

’Nuff said!

Aw Hell gnaw!

[Chickensoup]

weather.com is an inaccurate drama-queen.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Ok. If you say so.

But only if you do the fandango.

[RegulatorCountry]

This is as close as you'll get from me, lol.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

All right. If that is the best you can do. :)

[Windflier]

Studies of ice cores and deep ocean samples have shown that earth’s climate has been cycling through intense periods of cold (glaciation) to periods of life sustaining warmth (inter-glacials) for hundreds of millions of years, with clock-like regularity.

Glacial periods on earth generally last about 100,000 years, while inter-glacial periods generally last about 13,000 years. All of human history has transpired during the current inter-glacial period, which is now drawing to a close.

We’re on the cusp of a new ice age. Scientists have been well aware of this since the 1970s.

[colorado tanker]

Reminds me of Sharnado 3 “Oh hell no!”