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Home security camera captures dazzling footage of rare weather event — here's why it's especially dangerous
WUSA9 in Washington, D.C., shared footage from a home's security camera that showed lightning in the middle of a white wonderland. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ...
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Thunder, lightning and wind ring in D.C.’s new year
The display included thunder and lightning, wind and rain. Neither thunder nor lightning seems commonplace on any winter day. On Tuesday, the two gave a rare and vivid show of atmospheric force ...
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Thundersnow rumbles across St. Louis region, bringing a rare winter weather phenomenon
In order for lightning to strike and thunder to boom, the air has to be unstable. During typical conditions, thunderstorms happen with warm air well above ground level. The air was obviously not ...
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What is thundersnow and how does it form? Explaining how a thunderstorm can produce snow
Thunder and lightning are much more common in warm-season storms because of convection, the upward motion of air that helps produce thunderstorms. It's fairly rare to have convection within a winter ...