How a Blizzard Creates Thundersnow
The first 77 viewers to sign up at http://brilliant.org/scishow will get 20% off their annual premium subscription AND support SciShow. Thunder is not something ...
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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. [♪♩INTRO] If you imagine a blizzard, you probably picture lots of snow, bitter cold, wind biting at your nose and ears... But one thing you probably do not imagine is thunder. [THUNDER SFX] Thunder is usually reserved for summer rainstorms, instead. But every once in a while, thunder shows up in what seems like the wrong season -- and when it does, it can be kind of terrifying. It’s known as thundersnow, and it’s one of the coolest rare quirks of weather. It’s easy to think of winter snowstorms and summer rainstorms as pretty much the same thing, it’s just at different temperatures and with different kinds of precipitation. But there’s more to it than that. Before your classic summer storm, sunlight warms the ground and makes the ...
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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. [♪♩INTRO] If you imagine a blizzard, you probably picture lots of snow, bitter cold, wind biting at your nose and ears... But one thing you probably do not imagine is thunder. [THUNDER SFX] Thunder is usually reserved for summer rainstorms, instead. But every once in a while, thunder shows up in what seems like the wrong season -- and when it does, it can be kind of terrifying. It’s known as thundersnow, and it’s one of the coolest rare quirks of weather. It’s easy to think of winter snowstorms and summer rainstorms as pretty much the same thing, it’s just at different temperatures and with different kinds of precipitation. But there’s more to it than that. Before your classic summer storm, sunlight warms the ground and makes the ...
