It does

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It does

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well, to be exact, During the summer, the lower atmosphere is full of warm, humid air. Above that, it's cold and full of ice crystals. As the warm air rises, it carries water vapor with it, these molecules brush against the ice crystals, and this friction creates an electric field in the cloud -- like scuffing your feet across a carpet. The ice crystals gain a slight positive charge, and the updraft carries them to the top of the cloud, giving the cloud's bottom a net negative charge. Once the difference between the negatively charged cloud bottom and the positively charged ground becomes great enough, a bolt arcs between them. But in snowy months, the atmosphere is cold and dry throughout, so there's no updraft to create friction within the clouds. Wind stirs the molecules and crystals some, but that action rarely generates a strong enough electric field to spark lightning.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah, what he said..

by Anonymous 13 years ago

cool story, bro

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Rarely but not never. I saw it twice this year, it does happen.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Why+isn%27t+there+thunder+and+lightning+during+snowstorms

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It does

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Its called thundersnow. It's really cool, although I don't think I've ever seen lightening during snow

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It does.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It does.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There is no warm air to create friction, hence forth, no electrically charged particles to create lightning. There you go.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It did two days ago where I live.. Yay Michigan...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Whereabouts eh?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't think enough people have said "It does." yet.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's pretty gnarly. In early February we had a blizzard and it was thundering and there was lightening. We ended up with 23 inches of snow, and for it being in Oklahoma it's pretty significant. Also, just 100 miles south of us where it was warm enough for just regular thunderstorms there was a couple of tornado warnings issued.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Come to new jersey

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Lol no thanks.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

whats wrong with New Jersey?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

oh, only about everything

by Anonymous 13 years ago

where are you from?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

new jersey

by Anonymous 13 years ago