Will it thunder when it snows?

In winter, the sky is overcast, the temperature of the upper clouds is below zero, and the water vapor in the clouds condenses into snow. When snowflakes fall from the clouds, they will melt into raindrops if the air temperature near the ground is high. On the contrary, if the temperature near the ground is low and the snow cannot melt, it will snow.

Thunderstorms are caused by strong convection of warm and humid air in some places. The sharp rise of warm air produces the violent vibration of cumulonimbus clouds, which will accumulate a lot of charges and produce lightning. The weather at that time was that the ground temperature was around zero, which made it possible to snow. At high altitude, warm and humid air climbs sharply, producing strong convection and cumulonimbus clouds, so it snows and thunders at the same time.

thunder and lightning

Thunder is a natural phenomenon. When it rains, some clouds in the sky are positive and some are negative. When two kinds of clouds meet, they will emit lightning and a lot of heat, which will make the surrounding air heat and expand. Instantly heated and expanded air will push the surrounding air and produce strong explosion vibration, which is thunder.

Strong convective weather requires warm and humid air to rise rapidly, and it is easy to heat up near the ground in summer, so there are often thunderstorms in strong convective weather. There are few chances of strong convective weather in winter, but sometimes strong cold air goes south, which will also make the warm and humid air near the ground rise rapidly in some areas. At this time, snowstorms often occur, and it is normal to be accompanied by lightning.