Thundersnow to frozen waves: crazy weather phenomena caught on camera

By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Mar 2018, 14:47 BST
Updated 2nd Mar 2018, 16:16 BST

As the Beast from the East holds its grip on the nation, a number of freaky weather phenomena have been caught on camera.

Social media users have reported a number of strange episodes of bizarre weather, including thunder snow and freezing rain.

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    A number of incidents of thundersnow have been recorded by Twitter users.

    Thundersnow is an unusual weather event where snow falls as the primary precipitation during a thunderstorm.

    Typically this occurs in an area of strong upward motion within the cold sector of a storm.

    Unusually the thunder is often silent due to the acoustic dampening effects of the snow.

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    Twitter user @AberJohnny filmed the rare phenomena from their house in Denny, Central Scotland.

    #thundersnow Denny Central Scotland 8pm today@BBCNews @Channel4News @SkyNewsBreak pic.twitter.com/8ioIUNwkUB

    — Flipper the Snowman Priest (@AberJohnny) February 28, 2018

    @Suzi_Anne filmed the rare weather event from her home in Stenhousemuir.

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    @SeanBattySTV #thundersnow in Stenhousemuir, Falkirk ⚡️❄️😱 pic.twitter.com/CIXpv81BvV

    — suzanne steven (@suzi_anne) February 28, 2018

    Falkirk in central Scotland appeared to bear the brunt of the thunder snow storm, with Robert Peden capturing this footage.

    #thundersnow In Falkirk @WindyWilson88 pic.twitter.com/VD4ifyPsyz

    — Robert Peden (@RobertPeden) February 28, 2018

    Freezing rain

    As the snowfall begins to dissipate across the UK, a new type of weather has begun to threaten the country - freezing rain.

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    Freezing rain occurs when precipitation freezes on contact with surfaces maintained at temperatures below 0 degrees.

    This results in dangerous conditions for drivers and pedestrians.

    Tom Vickery captured footage of freezing rain bouncing off snowfall.

    Slow mo showing the freezing rain bouncing off of the huge amounts of snow which has created a sheet of ice as a layer overnight. Horrendous conditions, stay safe people! pic.twitter.com/76bA76fv2z

    — Tom Vickery (@TVickers1) March 2, 2018

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    @cathayleyb exhibited the effects of the treacherous conditions on her coat.

    #FreezingRain The rain froze on impact on my coat, dog lead and dog!! 😮 pic.twitter.com/LJgg6YoBpf

    — Hayley B (@cathayleyb) March 2, 2018

    One unfortunate driver's car was completely frozen over.

    #ResponseTeamB if you are the unfortunate owner of this vehicle in Tower Hamlets you have ERTBs deepest sympathy! I actually wish I had time to help you clear it 🤭 #frosty