Thundersnow

2022 - 12 - 15

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Image courtesy of "Scottish Daily Record"

Thundersnow captured near Scots town as rare phenomenon seen ... (Scottish Daily Record)

A loud crashing of thunder can be heard as snow falls heavily on the house near Turriff in Aberdeenshire as temperatures plummeted across the country.

In Shetland, thousands of households were left without electricity after heavy [snowfall](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/bad-weather) hit the region, with SSEN warning that power may not be fully restored for another couple of days. [snow](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/snow) can be seen falling heavily near a home on Wednesday night. The footage was taken as weather warnings were issued by the Met Office for snow and ice from Tuesday until midnight on Thursday. Manuel Gutierrez, 35, and Beatriz Castejon, 30 started their venture along the east coast through Stonehaven and into Aberdeen on Friday, December 9. [weather](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/weather) conditions at the Devil's Pulpit at [Finnich Glen](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/loch-lomond) on Wednesday afternoon and fell from the steep gorge into the river below. [here.](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/) [snow drift](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/weather) on a back road from Parkhill to Newmacher to the north of Aberdeen. A loud crashing of thunder can quickly be heard as the noise echoes around the hills. [walker](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/walking-and-climbing) was [saved by Mountain Rescue volunteers](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/walker-who-fell-freezing-water-28738483) after falling into freezing water at a popular Scots tourist attraction. [snow](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/snow) drifts in [Aberdeenshire](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/aberdeen) also left a gritter needing to be pulled out by a farmer's tractor after it tried to rescue a car which had also been stuck. It is considered a "rare and unusual" phenomenon. [temperatures](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/weather) are likely to continue until the end of the week with power cuts likely to hit more homes.

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What is thundersnow? When we the weather phenomenon occurs ... (iNews)

The Met Office says: “When thunderstorms form in wintry conditions they can sometimes give rise to heavy downpours of snow which are often called thundersnow.”.

You get instability and the development of In the summer these conditions would lead to a thunderstorm but if they occur in the winter, when we have snow instead of rain, we get thundersnow. [cumulonimbus ](https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/clouds/low-level-clouds/cumulonimbus)clouds, the big towering clouds you get with thunderstorms. [only forms in wintry conditions](https://inews.co.uk/news/snow-will-uk-weather-forecast-met-office-warnings-temperatures-december-2020-latest-778836?ico=in-line_link) when warm air under a layer of cold air wants to rise. [UK is battling record-breaking temperature](https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-weather-snow-travel-chaos-uk-roads-flights-trains-cancelled-2023275?ico=in-line_link) drops and [Met Office snow and ice alerts.](https://inews.co.uk/news/met-office-snow-ice-warning-friday-thousands-without-power-2027784?ico=in-line_link) [thundersnow](https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-weather-forecast-snow-warnings-met-office-cold-temperatures-1383592?ico=in-line_link) across the UK in recent days.

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