"AUUGGGGH!" It's a SNUNDER storm!

[azsnowman]

OK.....I'll be the FIRST in Az. to say it, "ENOUGH!" It's SNOWING, THUNDERING as I post this, a real honest to goodness "Snunder storm!" It's snowing SO hard that I can't see my neighbors house Let's see, there's still 140" of snow on top, this system is suppose to last through MONDAY......and JUST when my yard became *walkable*, here it comes again I haven't been able to walk around my yard in over 3 MONTHS due to the snow, mud and of course *doggie poo* "Ewwwwwww" "LOL!" I have GOT to get the yard cleaned up SOMEDAY!

Dennis

[azskyman]

Hi Dennis...this might be the last "hurrah" for what was otherwise the kind of winter that makes memories.

Looks like temps in the 80's here next weekend which means snow melt will really begin running up your way too.

[Miss Mary]

Snunderstorm huh?

Hey you could change your nic there Dennis, if you ever tired of azsnowman......LOL

A local Met this past week predicted 'snain' to be funny.....it was more rain than snow, hence his funny nic for the precip.

Mary

[Stormsfury]

Thundersnow, is relatively uncommon, but not rare or unheard of. The same convective forces are at play, just that they do not occur as frequently in winter time than in spring, or summer.

SF

[MSRobi911]

Man I am ready for the spring Thunderstorms we get down here on the Gulf, they roll in and they roll out sometimes we get wet, sometimes we don't. It is so strange to sometimes see the rain off in the distance and it gets dark and you feel the wetness (oh, that is the regular feeling here in the deep south) in the air and then it blows out in the gulf and you get to see the best light show on earth! Then you get to here to the booms come in.....man I love the MS Gulf Coast!

Mary

[Aslkahuna]

Actually thundersnow is fairly common here in the West since many of our storms include ULLs with cold pools aloft which gives us unstable conditions. Have even seen thundersnow at 5000 feet down here in SE AZ in May and we had it at Dugway UT in June.

Steve

[Persepone]

We had thundersnow last storm on Cape Cod...

[azsnowman]

Yes Steve, it appears the "Parade of Storms" is OVER for the time being, in fact.......it's suppose to warm up VERY quick and get VERY warm

This past weekend was an experience to say the least, HEAVY snow, HEAVY Thunderstorms, we had a severe T Storm warning yesterday afternoon......lotsa CC lightning WITH HEAVY SNOW!


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
FXUS65 KFGZ 071013 AFDFGZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF 315 AM MST MON MAR 07 2005 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND LINGER THROUGH THE WEEK WITH WARM AND DRY WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA. && .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHWARD AND AWAY FROM AZ. A WEAK WEST-EAST RIDGE HAS BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER THE SW US. SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE HAS BROUGHT AN END TO ALL SHOWERS OVER NRN AZ AND CLEARED OUT MOST OF THE CLOUDS AS WELL. RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY OVER THE WEST COAST THRU MIDWEEK AND REMAIN IN PLACE THRU NEXT WEEKEND. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS WILL RISE 5 TO 8 DEGREES TODAY IN MOST LOCATIONS...ANOTHER 3 TO 5 DEGREES ON TUESDAY...AND ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPS WILL HOLD STEADY THEN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...AND FALL A FEW DEGREES BY THE WEEKEND. MOS TEMP GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE TOO WARM BY MIDWEEK SO HAVE UNDERCUT TEMPS BY A FEW DEGREES. SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR EACH DAY ALTHOUGH SOME THIN CIRRUS IS POSSIBLE FROM TIME TO TIME. WITH THE WARM AFTERNOON TEMPS FCST FOR THIS WEEK...COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT OCCUR AND SOME RISES IN STREAMS.

Dennis

BREAK out the SUNSCREEN, BrING ON THE SUN!!!!!!!!