"Thundersnow"
01-13-2016, 02:25 PM
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"Thundersnow"
Hey I got thinking the other night, saw some "thundersnow"... Not even sure that's the technical term for it but I know I don't see it often...
Anyone experience flying through it? Just curious what's the dangers. I'm assuming there's not "connectivity" to the storm... But I'm guessing it's still bumpy... Fill me in so I can decide if I want to penetrate next time
Anyone experience flying through it? Just curious what's the dangers. I'm assuming there's not "connectivity" to the storm... But I'm guessing it's still bumpy... Fill me in so I can decide if I want to penetrate next time
01-13-2016, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by feltf4
I'm assuming there's not "connectivity" to the storm... But I'm guessing it's still bumpy... Fill me in so I can decide if I want to penetrate next time
Yes there is. It's a thunderstorm in sub-zero conditions. Precipitation sublimates from vapor directly to a solid. Same process that creates snow instead of rain (or freezing rain, or ice pellets), except it's convective instead of stable.
Don't fly through it.
01-14-2016, 02:06 AM
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Yup it's just a thunderstorm ,,,,few years back coming home empty in early evening, didn't have the radar up until we saw what we thought was a flash of lightning? I was dumbfounded? Came down thru the last layer of haze and sure enough there's cumulus build ups ! Had to ask for deviations to get around a line as if it were mid July!
01-14-2016, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Winston
Do you mean "convectivity"? As in "convection"?
Yes there is. It's a thunderstorm in sub-zero conditions. Precipitation sublimates from vapor directly to a solid. Same process that creates snow instead of rain (or freezing rain, or ice pellets), except it's convective instead of stable.
Don't fly through it.
Yes there is. It's a thunderstorm in sub-zero conditions. Precipitation sublimates from vapor directly to a solid. Same process that creates snow instead of rain (or freezing rain, or ice pellets), except it's convective instead of stable.
Don't fly through it.
