KDVR – while snow fell throughout Colorado on Thursday, the rare weather phenomenon was arrested on the camera near Elizabeth.
It was not just a snowstorm – one of the viewers took a video of the snow that fell through the trees in Elizabeth when he accompanied the chips, created the rare phenomenon known as ThundersNow.
In short, Thundersnow is the same thunderstorm, but instead of rain, the snow is. However, according to PinPoint Weather, the meteorological world is not usually happening in the winter because there is not much energy in these types of systems.
the National National Storms Laboratory He said Thundersnow happens when There is a warm front with relatively strong instability and abundant moisture over the surface. Perez said this is rare because in snowstorms, there is a lack of heat and low cloud levels.
Perez said it is a rare occurrence because someone can hear it, especially when the snow poured the sound of the storm.
In 2024, Colorado witnessed a similar storm, with a fox31 model, a video of Thundersnow near Mountain Lookout. The storm brought rain, cold, snow and thunder in late March. Shortly after a year, this phenomenon was arrested on the camera again.
Rain and snow is expected to fall throughout Colorado, including in Denver, until Saturday, then the city must start warm up next week.