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 ...

CLEVELAND — In the late 1800s, meteorologists started noticing something very interesting along the Great Lakes in Winter. Cities like Buffalo, Cleveland, and Erie, PA were getting buried under ...

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 ...

PERFECT FOR THOSE SKI AREAS, BUT YOU’RE TRACKING SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW COMING OFF THE LAKE. THE REAL STUFF? YEAH, IT’S GOING TO BE THE NATURAL SNOW MAKING FOR MOTHER NATURE THAT’S GOING TO BE MOVING ...

THE GRASSY SURFACES, BUT ROADS, THEY’RE ACTUALLY DRYING OUT. THEY WERE WET WHEN WE WERE DRIVING IN. NOW THEY’RE STARTING TO DRY OUT. BUT NOW WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW THAT WILL ...