Thunder...Snow?

It's a snowstorm, with a little thunder and lightning mixed in for flavor.

Facts

• While the thunder of a normal thunderstorm can be heard for a few miles, thundersnow thunder can be heard from many miles away.
• Thundersnow is more common in the 'lake-effect' area of the great lake, as well as the Great Salt Lake.
• Ski Mountains are usually evacuated during these storms for safety reasons.
• Thundersnow storm cells often result in snow accumulation of 2-4 inches an hour.

I can personally verify that dogs do not enjoy this kind of storm, and I didn't find it that great either.

Something else that I thought was interesting...

Soft Hail. Or, to use a funnier sounding word, Graupel.

Basically, it's what happens when a snowflake collects a bunch of supercooled raindrops, which then freeze on the snowflake, resulting in a capsule around the flake. It's not hail, because it doesn't fall in thunderstorms, and it will usually crumble at the touch.

Personally, I'd like to see just a few inches of snow, and not have the hail, ice sheets, or immense windstorms. But oh well, can't have everything, I suppose