While a larger parent storm system is typically required to produce heavy rain or snow events, lake effect snow is unique. All you need to produce some of the largest snow events on record is cold ...

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When a polar blast of air roars across Lake Erie, lake effect snow will soon follow. Under the right set up a thick, unrelenting stripe of snow sets up over the same location for hours on end.

After a weekend that had the first snowfall for much of Wisconsin, parts of Racine and Kenosha counties along Lake Michigan measured more than a foot of snow Nov. 10. It's a drastic difference from ...

Warmer waters are fueling stronger, snowier storms—at least for now. Here’s how scientists think this phenomenon will evolve as the planet gets hotter. Steam is seen rising off a frozen Lake Michigan ...