Clouds form, snow falls The lake effect typically begins when cold air blows over a lake’s relatively warmer waters. Warming air from the lakes pushes the cold air’s moisture higher.

Regular snow forms when water vapour in the atmosphere cools and forms ice crystals. Snow can fall anywhere in the world where the temperature is cold enough. Lake-effect snow usually happens near ...

What is lake effect snow? Lake effect snow occurs when cold air moves over warmer water, picks up moisture, and forms snow. As cold, dry air passes over the warmer lake, it rises, cools and forms ...

As we start a brand new week, we will still be feeling the effects of that clipper system that brought us some snow in our ...

The Alberta clipper weather phenomenon gets its name from 19th century ships and originates in Canada east of the Canadian ...

Given the current radar trends in northwest Ottawa County and most of Muskegon County, we have increased the snow forecast to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The lake-effect is back in gear in Northeast Ohio and the National Weather Service warns that some portions of the snow belt could have up to 16 inches on the ground by Sunday ...

The lake effect snow machine is getting ready to start again across parts of Michigan, the National Weather Service said this week. Cadillac, Big Rapids, Muskegon and Kalamazoo are among the areas ...

Of course with lake-effect snow, not everyone will be impacted equally, but there will be some accumulation potential, especially in the Thumb. Outside of any flurries passing through, we shouldn ...

By Sunday, winds may shift again as a new storm forms to the south. This could result in the lake-effect snow bands shifting north before fizzling out by Monday. Why so snowy? There are several ...

Lake-effect snow is expected to blanket communities along Lake Michigan Sunday night into Monday morning, with up to four or six inches possible in Racine and Kenosha. Downtown Milwaukee could get ...

WE’VE GOT HEAVY SNOW, ICE, STORM WARNINGS. IT IS A TOTAL MESS WITH THIS SYSTEM. AND THE REASON WHY WE’RE SEEING THAT LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS AS THAT LOW PRESSURE MOVES EASTWARD, WINDS ARE GOING TO ...