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Because the snowstorm currently hitting the East Coast isn't enough, it's also bringing with it thundersnow. That weather phenomenon is exactly what it sounds like: a snowstorm that features thunder and lightning. Very, very frightening.
"Thunderstorms accompanied by snow are usually of a different character than the 'normal' thunderstorm," Weather.com explained in 2015. "Thundersnow develops when the air is below freezing near the ground, and unlike most summer thunderstorms, it isn't near-ground air that rises all the way into the tall thunderstorm top. The instability is in only a shallow layer aloft. In thundersnow, the 'action' mainly takes place in a rather shallow layer that is usually near 20,000 feet and only around 5,000 feet thick."
The weird weather is lighting up Twitter and other social media.
Thundersnow in Brooklyn REPEAT thundersnow in Brooklyn THIS IS NOT A DRILL a weather event is occurring where media people live ACTIVATE MEDIA WEATHER TWITTER
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) March 7, 2018
Unfortunately due to thundersnow I will not be able to get to work today even though I work at home.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) March 7, 2018
"I watched a small car slide along the edge of a road. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Sliding, skidding, along the edge of a road . . . and surviving. The horror...the horror." #thundersnow pic.twitter.com/Ujfv46ABIU
— Jim Dolan (@jrdolan3) March 7, 2018
Not everyone is buying it.
I better not lose cable, electric or internet tonight because of this #thundersnow storm. Imma be pissed if I can't watch #Riverdale tonight