When snow piles up in places such as Buffalo in western New York or Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, people start talking about the lake-effect ‒ and the unthinkable amounts of snow ...

Guess what, Erie? More lake-effect snow is heading our way this week. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland issued a lake-effect snow warning for the Erie area calling for about 12 ...

(WJW) — A Lake Effect Snow Warning has been extended until 7 a.m. Tuesday for Ashtabula and Lake Counties. A Lake Effect Snow Warning has also been issued for Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties from ...

The latest significant lake-effect snow event will bury areas to the east of Lakes Ontario and Erie from late Wednesday through the weekend. In some spots, feet of snow are possible, with ...

The Great Lakes region, which has been receiving lake effect snow since late last week, is expected to see heavy snowfall continue through Wednesday, with another round possible in some places ...

and produces snow. Lake-effect snow is typically localized and intense, affecting areas immediately downwind of the lake. This occurs when an existing weather system, such as major storm or a ...

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What Is 'Lake-Effect Snow'? Warm Air From Large Bodies of Water Is the Key Ingredient When towns along the Great Lakes get buried in drifts of blowing snow, like several have over the past few ...

Lake effect snow has already pummeled some parts of Michigan this winter, and more is forecast to fall. The heavy snowfall in some places — the UP and the northwestern Lower Peninsula — has ...

The snow was driven by what's known as lake effect, a phenomena in which moisture-laden air drops heavy snow in some places downwind from large bodies of water while other areas receive almost ...

Heavy snowfall is expected in the Great Lakes region this week, with lake-effect snow warnings across New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service warnings, which are in place ...