Written by Luke Lysen
Today in Seattle (Kirkland actually) we had a weather phenomenon that I had
never heard of before, Thundersnow.
It is a very cool anomaly. It kind of makes you rethink thunderstorms and
what causes them. Typically we think of hot and humid weather, not cold snowy
weather.
There was thunder and lightning this morning but instead of rain there was
snow!
It is pretty rare for the Seattle area to get thunderstorms, and if they do
happen it is normally in the summer as is normal for most places. It's
also pretty rare for Seattle to get snow. It tries to snow a couple times a
year and even then it is usually a dusting that melts almost immediately.
In Seattle when it snows the world shuts down. Yesterday schools were closed
in the area because of the possibility of snow (it actually did not
snow in Seattle yesterday).
Here is a good link to the definition of Thundersnow:
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/334/
Luke Lysen
President, The Flight Academy
www.theflightacademy.com 
Posted
18 Dec 2008 18:17
by
John Fiscus