Show Rare Storm Makes Livid Night Scene Unique combination of thunder and lightining with a heavy snowstorm snowstorm snowstorm snow snow- storm sent Salt Lakers hastening to their windows window Sunday Ragged flashes of lightning lent lentan lentan lentan an eerie beauty to tho the f falling snow The phenomenon despite the attention it attracted from laymen laymen laymen lay lay- men was not exactly unusual in tho the opinion of ot George P. P Murphy Murphy Murphy Mur Mur- phy temporarily in charge of ot the federal weather bureau here But the tho fact rema remains ns that lightning lightning light light- ning has not been seen during a snow storm here for almost four years and such a sight has been possible only 15 times in the last 60 yeats years p r- Phenomenon Explained The warm moist air which swept in over Salt Lake City from the the- central Pacific region must have been heavily charged with electricity Mr Murphy ex ex- When the warm air contacted the cold air currents from the north here the moisture condensed condensed condensed con con- and the warm air was forced upward This convectional disturbance resulted in the lightning lightning lightning light- light ning and thunder Residents in the vicinity of ot Fourth avenue and U street were deprived of ot electric lighting for foran foran foran an hour and a half Sunday evening evening evening eve eve- ning when lightning struck a power powen pow pow- er en pole Groundhog Paradoxically some citizens looked upon Sundays Sunday's h heavy vy snowfall snowfall snow snow- fall faU as a certain sign of spring The weather was so stormy all allday allday allday day Sunday that the groundhog couldn't possibly have seen his shadow which means that winter vinter is over one enthusiast explained Sunday was groundhog day |