refugepsa91 Posted January 19, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 5,961 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 61 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/25/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted January 19, 2005 I am from Michigan...and the weirdest thing...we are having a snowstorm right now...but as I was looking outside I saw this bright flash...and then shortly thereafter thunder. I have never seen anything like that before. It lasted for about 20 minutes or so. It was awesome to see....with the blowing snow on the ground and in the air and then the flash of bright light...wow !!!! I guess I'm a weather dummie...anyone ever see anything like this before? Love and Blessings, Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe@actsii Posted January 19, 2005 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 193 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/11/1973 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I can't explain it, but I have seen that happen only once in my life. It was right around Christmas, and we where have heavy snow fall, then the sky started to light up all over with lightning. It was so cool. All I can say is the our God is an awesome God! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe@actsii Posted January 19, 2005 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 193 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/11/1973 Share Posted January 19, 2005 By the way I was traveiling over the state boarder from MA to CT at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted January 19, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 733 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 3,017 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/09/1966 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I'm in Minneapolis and it's happened twice already this winter. I *think* I may have remember seeing this happen one other time in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thomas I believe Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005  I am from Michigan...and the weirdest thing...we are having a snowstorm right now...but as I was looking outside I saw this bright flash...and then shortly thereafter thunder. I have never seen anything like that before.  It lasted for about 20 minutes or so. It was awesome to see....with the blowing snow on the ground and in the air and then the flash of bright light...wow !!!! I guess I'm a weather dummie...anyone ever see anything like this before? Love and Blessings, Angel <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, I am a ametuer meterologist and I chase tornados in the summer. I will explain thunder snow to you or will do my best. A lot of times in the winter when a storm is coming, what we call warm advection begins ahead of the storm. Warmer air and moister air goes up and over the realtively dryer cool air at the surface. This makes the air aloft unstable as it is lifted over the surface air. Sometimes in the winter if the warm advection is strong enough, elevated thunderstorms form. Thus aloft it is warm but closer to the ground its cold enough for snow. This convective snow can become heavy because of the extra lifting to the condensation layer of the atmosphere and the thunderstorms forming. when we have thundersnow depending on how much moisture is available snowfall rates can increase to 3-4 inches per hour. Well hope that helps !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refugepsa91 Posted January 19, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 5,961 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 61 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/25/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 cool thanks Thomas...it was neat to see. Thundersnow....I like it Love and Blessings, Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted January 19, 2005 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.01 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted January 19, 2005 (edited) I too am from Michigan (born and raised) but now live in Southern Calif. I did see that a couple of times when I lived in Michigan. Your right it's weird. As I said I live in Calif now and a couple weeks ago we had tons of rain. It was cold, like just above freezing and it was raining and it was thundering and lightening. I thought it was to cold for it to thunder and lightening. Weather patterns all over world are strange. Edited January 19, 2005 by Rustyangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refugepsa91 Posted January 20, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 5,961 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 61 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/25/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 Well Rustyangel you being from MI then you know the weather here changes at the drop of a hat....when I heard that thunder and seen the lightening...I thought yepp now I'll step outside and it will be 40 degrees out...and the snow melting... But to my surprise it was a full blown snowstorm It was awesome indeed... Love and Blessings, Angel Can't wait for the 40's...time to get out the shorts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted January 20, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 407 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/09/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted January 20, 2005 I am from Michigan also, and I too have seen lightning during a snowstorm. ...but only once. warm regards -bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted January 20, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.50 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted January 20, 2005 Thomas, are there many tornados in Mn? I live in the Texas panhandle, and we have quite a few. I experienced thundersnow a couple of times. It's really cool. But one night, many years ago, we were driving out of town, trying to get home in the middle of a snowstorm, and when it would lightning, everything would turn eerie green. It was spooky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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