Thundersnow occurred across West Michigan Wednesday night. Unlike typical thunderstorms ... and only occurs in intense snow storms. Like any good thunderstorm, thundersnow needs instability ...

A viewer, Lonna Einberger, shared a video of thundersnow during Winter Storm Amelia in 2021. With Winter Storm Cooper on the way Friday night, conditions might be conducive to thundersnow ...

The Weather Channel itself has a good explanation for why thundersnow is so rare and what conditions have to be met for it to occur. It essentially boils down to this: “When the unstable layer ...

For days now, computer models have locked onto the potential for an unusually widespread display of thundersnow -- lightning ... on Wednesday into Wednesday night, potentially in big cities ...