STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rain, fog, snow flurries, thundersnow and now clouds and sun. It's been quite a Saturday weather-wise.
But thundersnow?
Grasmere resident Donna Fagan called to say her friend who also lives nearby was asking if she felt the explosion around 10 a.m. this morning.
She hadn't and we were pretty surprised since we hadn't either in our Grasmere newsroom.
In fact, we had heard something we thought was thunder. But we didn't remember that until Ms. Fagan called back to say, that her friend discovered it was thundersnow.
NBC is reporting that the relatively rare meteorological event was reported from Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley. At Jersey Shore Hurricane News, residents of Monmouth, Middlesex, Essex, and Bergen counties also reported hearing thunder Saturday morning.
A light snow was falling around that time. One observer reported that the snowflakes in Westerleigh were "as big as hamburgers," but he did not mention the thunder.
Thundersnow can be muffled by the snow; so the sound may not travel very far.
Although Ms. Fagan did not hear it, she said her friend said it caused vibrations in her house.
Unexpected weather events are becoming the norm this winter -- let's not forget the Arctic vortex.
Another Arctic blast is reportedly headed this way. According to Accuweather, temperatures will start to fall on Monday night as they head for the teens on Tuesday and into a frigid Wednesday.