A rare ‘thundersnow’ warning has been issued by the Met Office today – this is a breaking story
A rare ‘thundersnow’ warning has been issued by the Met Office today.
Thunderstorms – as the name suggests – involve heavy snowfall rather than rain as the primary precipitation, often accompanied by thunder and lightning. The unusual weather phenomenon occurs when the atmosphere is turbulent enough to form cumulonimbus cloud and typically happens around 10 times a year worldwide.
The alert comes amid multiple Met Office yellow warnings for snow and ice across the UK. There is an amber snow alert in place on Thursday, covering North East England (Redcar and Cleveland) and Yorkshire & Humber (East Riding of Yorkshire; North Yorkshire).
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