DETROIT — It’s that time of year — again — when cold air sweeps across the Great Lakes region, dropping huge amounts of lake-effect snow from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula into Western New York.

Ocean effect snow is a rare phenomenon in Florida. Similar to lake effect snow, it takes place when cold air moves over warm water.

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 ...

Snow is expected is expected statewide this weekend across much of Michigan, including Detroit, Grand Rapids, northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula — much of it blamed on lake effect. "Our ...

The Latest Storm Tracker Forecast from Meteorologist Kevin Appleby: Bands of lake effect snow will sink from north to south over the course of Black Friday, with locally heavy snow potentially ...

Michigan has seen plenty of lake-effect snow this winter, but what exactly is lake-effect snow, and why does Michigan see it so often?

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 ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Lake effect snow has dropped almost three feet of snow in the past 24 hours in parts of northern Oswego County, with more heavy snow hitting the southern parts of the county.

Late-fall into winter is when the lake-effect snow machine kicks into gear again — and it's not just around the Great Lakes. Let's dive into the science behind lake-effect snow, how it creates ...