Good job Cheryl!
I guess I'm going to go fill up my gas tank before our weather doom moves in to the region tomorrow. I have my fingers crossed for thundersnow!
Some food for thought !
Thundersnow also known as a Winter Thunderstorm or a Thunder Snowstorm is a particularly rare meteorological phenomenon that includes the typical behavior of a thunderstorm, but with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain. It commonly falls in regions of strong upward motion within the cold sector of extratropical cyclones between autumn and spring when surface temperatures are most likely to be near or below freezing.
Thundersnow was reported in metro Atlanta during the Great Blizzard of 1993, and in greater New York (and other areas) during the Blizzard of 2006. During a thundersnow event in late March 1997, lightning struck the main ski lift at the Angelfire Resort in Angelfire, New Mexico after closing time. This caused no injuries, but damaged the only lift providing access to and from the operating part of the mountain. Large snow pellets were also reported from this storm. One of the largest thundersnow events to date is the October 2006 snowstorm (Lake Storm "Aphid") which affected the Buffalo, New York area as well as Fort Erie, Ontario. Thundersnow was reported constantly and during the event's height, cloud to ground lightning strikes were occurring at a rate of 10 strikes per minute or more. On November 21, 2006, Charleston, South Carolina observed thundersnow for the first time in recorded history.[2] On the morning of January 21, 2007 at approximately 6:30 a.m., Sedona, Arizona observed thundersnow. Areas of Wisconsin including Eau Claire, La Crosse, and Madison observed this during a large winter blizzard mixed with ice and sleet on February 23 and 24, 2007, the same storm causing thundersnow to be observed in the area of Dubuque, Iowa. Thundersnow was also recorded in parts of Western Kansas and around Wichita, Kansas on April 13, 2007. Recently thundersnow was observed in the early afternoon of December 16, 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, and throughout the day on December 22, 2007 - again in parts of Kansas, particularly the Topeka and Lawrence areas, and on into Iowa City, IA towards midnight.
A thundersnow event occurred on January 28, 2004 across southern and central Britain as a result of a squall line embedded in air of Arctic origin. The squall resulted in a sudden drop in temperature and pressure along with brief but heavy snowfall and blue lightning, and even a tornado near the town of Bath. This event is particularly notable because of the local temperate maritime climate, which usually prevents such extremes of weather. [3]
I did put dinner in the crock pot though so at least we'll have another good meal at home.
I just finally finished getting caught up here and I really do need to get some stuff doen around here today.
