Lake-effect snow occurs when the water temperatures of the lake are warmer than the air temperatures that blow above it, ...

West of US-131 can expect lake-effect snow to bring minor impacts beginning overnight Tuesday through Wednesday evening.

Clouds form, snow falls The lake effect begins when cold air blows over the lakes’ warmer waters. Warming air from the lakes pushes the cold air’s moisture to a spot in the sky that creates ...

Why do we care? Well, these lake temperatures influence lake effect snow events and ice formation. The lake's temperature was a big factor in the lake-effect snow we’ve had since Thanksgiving.

"Within any of the persistent lake-effect snow bands, traffic on the highways may stall in the rapidly accumulating snow, and motorists could become stranded for many hours," AccuWeather warned in its ...

The ice cover on Lake Erie directly affects lake-effect snow chances. What's the status of ice cover on the lake so far this ...

Persistent below-freezing temperatures have kick-started the formation of ice on Lake Erie, which was nearly 13 percent ...

Lake-effect snow forms when cold air from Canada moves across the relatively warm waters of the Great Lakes. As the moist air rises and mixes with the colder air, clouds form and grow into narrow ...

The greatest 48-hour snowfall total in the Buffalo Weather Service’s coverage area came in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties. Mayville recorded 14.1 inches, while Little Valley received just over a ...