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 you normally associate with a winter storm. However, if the conditions are right, you might experience thundersnow. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/question646.htm https://weather.com/science/news/what-thundersnow-and-why-does-it-happen-20140218 https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-is-a-blizzard/5674708 https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/facts-effects-and-formation-of-blizzards.php http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1998-10/909280669.Ph.r.html https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-sky-in-summer-hazy-white-or-lighter-blue-while-in-the-winter-its-dark-blue https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/thunderstorms/faq/ https://smile.amazon.com/Rain-Natural-Cultural-Cynthia-Barnett/dp/0804137110/ https://www.quora.com/Why-dont-cumulonimbus-clouds-form-during-the-winter https://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-get-windy-before-rain https://www.weatherworksinc.com/cloud-types https://www.quora.com/Do-clouds-form-in-the-winter-And-how https://scijinks.gov/clouds/ http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/thunder-snow/ https://www.boston.com/news/weather/2018/01/04/thundersnow-massachusetts-rhode-island https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa15/2015/10/04/is-thunder-during-snowstorms-dangerous/ http://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2016/02/08/what-is-thundersnow/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/noreaster1.htm https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/video/nor-easter-aims-for-east-coast-boston-may-see-thundersnow-872534595566 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/thundersnow-storm/ https://www.popsci.com/winter-storm-thundersnow Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anvil_shaped_cumulus_panorama_edit_crop.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fullerton_harbor_looking_south_Chicago_Feb_2_2011_storm.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:March_2014_nor%27easter_2014-03-26.jpg