Wintertime thunder is louder because of how sound travels, which depends on temperature and air density. 3News Meteorologist ...

The energy from this strike heats up the surrounding air, causing it to explode outward and creating the rumbling sound we know as thunder. Thundersnow occurs when this weather system occurs in ...

To his happy surprise, it turns out this weekend’s storm was a rare “thundersnow” event in which the blizzard was punctuated by occasional bursts of lightning. The Weather Channel itself has ...

"Thundersnow" sounds like a classic Bond movie set in the Alps. And "ice spikes" sound like terrifying weapons used by mercenaries on the planet Hoth. One more name we can add to the list is "ice ...

Interestingly, the thunder produced by thundersnow often has a different type of sound from a typical thunderclap. The sound waves are muffled by the snowflakes, instead of the sound waves ...

(WLUK) -- Thundersnow, a rare and powerful winter weather event, could make an appearance in Northeast Wisconsin as Winter Storm Cooper approaches. This phenomenon forms similarly to a regular ...

Atmospheric instability resulted in ’Thundersnow,' an unusual weather condition that brings lightning and thunder during a snowstorm. Photo: Fox ...

Thundersnow tends to be somewhat muffled, influenced by its altitude, the cold air the sound waves are traveling through, and the snow on the ground. Also, most cloud-to-ground lightning ...

This inversion helps trap sound waves close to the ground, amplifying their intensity and making thunderclaps much louder. One of the most common sources of loud winter thunder is “thundersnow ...

One more name we can add to the list is "ice pancakes." While not as evocative as "frostflowers" or "steam devils," the name is certainly descriptive. If someone told me that ice pancakes were ...