Thundersnow

But it wasn't until the sun came up and, and you could see the Armageddon-like scene.

Purdy, the author of Thundersnow of Buffalo, was working for the Bills at the time, and the team was scrambling to get players ready for a matchup on the road.

There was no dress code as it normally was.

Just get yourself there.

The polar regions, by contrast, experience very few thunderstorms because the air there is generally too cold and too stable to produce the vigorous convection needed to generate lightning.

Thundersnow is a rare phenomenon in which thunder and lightning occur during a snowstorm.

It requires the same basic conditions as a regular thunderstorm, instability and moisture, but in a much colder environment.

Thundersnow is most commonly observed in lake-effect snowstorms near the Great Lakes, where cold air passing over the relatively warm lake water creates sufficient instability to produce lightning within the snowstorm.

Thunder during a snowstorm is often muffled by the falling snow, which absorbs sound, making it quieter and less dramatic than thunder during a rain shower.

The rarity of thundersnow makes it a source of genuine excitement for meteorologists and several viral videos have captured weather forecasters reacting with visible enthusiasm to thundersnow events during their live broadcasts.