A storm that pummeled dozens of Midwest states with snow during the weekend also brought another weather phenomena, at least to Missouri: Thunder and lightning. The phenomenon, known as ...

Winter weather that impacts public safety and transportation -- such as snow, sleet, ice -- typically occurs between Oct. 14 and April 14, the National Weather Service says, and meteorologists ...

And once a huge winter storm is underway, we might even be able to predict imminent lightning strikes. Forecasters have identified a distinct radar signature associated with strengthening electric ...

As noted above, convection helps produce thunderstorms. It's unusual to have convection within a winter storm. Thunder and lightning are much more common in warm-season thunderstorms, according to ...

Thundersnow is exactly what the name suggests – a snowy thunderstorm. But the winter version of a thunderstorm is far less frequent than the spring and summer thunderstorms most people are used to.

During a winter storm, the “warm” air near the ground is still very cold, or below freezing. When that air rises into the even cooler atmosphere, it produces less of the supercooled liquid ...

During that period, Steiger and 22 undergraduate students roamed across Tug Hill, deploying lightning detectors, launching weather balloons, and driving around a Doppler on Wheels storm-chasing ...

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 ...

Winter snow storm: Fierce winter storm slamming Mid-Atlantic; ... "And winter lightning is as dangerous as summer lightning." It's not unheard of for lightning to strike in winter.