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The Met Office has issued a rare ‘thundersnow’ warning today, which is set to impact parts of the north.

Thundersnow involves heavy snowfall rather than rain as the primary precipitation, often accompanied by thunder and lightning.

The unusual phenomenon occurs when the atmosphere is turbulent enough to form cumulonimbus clouds and typically happens around 10 times a year worldwide, the Mirror reports.

Some areas - such as the North York Moors and the Scottish Highlands - expecting snow showers today and into Thursday could see thundersnow, as a cold Arctic wind on Wednesday brings snow showers across northern Scotland, which BBC Weather warns may become thundery.

There is also a chance of thundersnow in Northern Ireland, eastern England, west Wales and south-west Eng

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