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Lake-effect snow is produced during cooler atmospheric conditions when a cold air mass moves across long expanses of warmer lake water. The lower layer of air, heated by the lake water, picks up water vapor from the lake and rises through colder air. The vapor then freezes and is deposited on the leeward (downwind) shores.
The combination of persistent lake effect and cyclonic snowfalls in January 1978 resulted in several all-time monthly record snowfall totals to the windward shores of the lower Great Lakes. The cooperative observer station at the Bennetts Bridge power plant, near Altmar, NY, established an official all-time New York State monthly snowfall ...
In November 2022, a severe lake-effect winter storm impacted parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York, causing high accumulations of snow across the Great Lakes region, including snowfall accumulations upwards of 50 in (130 cm) in several locations. In Hamburg, New York, 81.2 in (206 cm) fell, while Orchard Park, New York recorded 80 in (200 ...
Snowfall totals varied widely across the Erie region over the past 24 hours. The first lake-effect storm of the season piled up to just 3 inches at the Erie International Airport, while Edinboro ...
Now that's some serious #snow!Redfield, NY is located on the Tug Hill Plateau which is a area of slight increase just east of Lake Ontario. The small elevation difference means big time snow ...
The National Weather Service in Cleveland forecasts an additional 4 inches to 12 inches of lake-effect snow, with the heaviest new snowfall near and south of Interstate 90. Winds at times could ...
7.47 million [4][5] Part of the 2022–23 North American winter. From December 21 to 26, 2022, an extratropical cyclone created crippling winter storm conditions, including blizzards, high winds, snowfall, and record cold temperatures across the majority of the United States and parts of Canada. Impacted areas include parts of Minnesota, Iowa ...
Lake effect snow warning. A lake effect snow warning is a bulletin issued by the National Weather Service in the United States to warn of heavy snowfall accumulations that are imminent from convective snow generated by very cold airmass passing over unfrozen lakes (lake effect snow). The criteria for amounts may vary significantly over ...