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Since snow is just frozen rain, why isn't there ever lightning when it snows?
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sometimes it DOES happen that it snows and thunder and lightnings. but we dont notice it as much because the snow falling tends to reflect the bolts in such a way that it doesnt light up the sky the same way
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There can be however it is usually just cloud to cloud lightening, it also thunders these types of snowstorms are called thundersnow
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Lack of warm air. In a basic sense, thunderstorms usually occur when it is humid. Snow cannot.
I hope I'm getting this right...
Thunder snow as some call it does happen. It is certainly uncommon, but not rare. Its been reported in New England and in the Sierras in California.
Snowstorms are cold and cold air doesn't rise and create big thunderstorm clouds as readily as warm air does. That's why hot summer days are the predominant breeding days for thunder and lightning. But if there is enough energy in the atmosphere, and a lot of moisture, thunderstorm clouds can form and drop snow instead of rain when the temperatures are just below freezing. Hope that helped.
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