On 14/01/2015 13:50, Martin Brown wrote:
I hadn't heard the term before but we had some last night up here in
North Yorkshire. A powerful hailstorm of ice pellets with a few big
claps of thunder and a ground strike that took out the mains for about
half an hour at around 7pm as the fierce line of the storm passed over.

Thundersnow got a mention elsewhere on the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-30814403

I have a feeling it isn't officially hailstones at this time of year but
I was in no hurry to go outside and grab one to cut in two since they
were 1cm diameter and enough to make the ground white.

I had other priorities after the mains went off...

Regards,
Martin Brown

I've experienced it once in Jan 2004. When I was at a conference at
Molineux football ground. I was amazed to see a blizzard but also
thunder and lightning.

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:58:33 +0000
MetO wrote:

I've experienced it once in Jan 2004. When I was at a conference at
Molineux football ground. I was amazed to see a blizzard but also
thunder and lightning.

That was the ghost of Billy Wright passing through.



Mike

On Wednesday, 14 January 2015 16:58:39 UTC, MetO wrote:

I've experienced it once in Jan 2004. When I was at a conference at
Molineux football ground. I was amazed to see a blizzard but also
thunder and lightning.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...es/fEDVy5w-M5Q
Maybe it is the time of year or maybe it's the type but man...

I was driving North onto the Wolds about 1845 yesterday and there were some very bright strikes coming from that direction.

DM. Langtoft. ER of Y.