This extreme difference in snow amounts happens because lake effect snow bands are very narrow, often only 5 to 10 miles wide, over a small area. The orientation of the wind deter ...

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 ...

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 quickly ...

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 ...

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - The timing will be everything when it comes to an anticipated lake effect snow system that develops initially across the metro Buffalo area late Wednesday, then moves southward ...

EASTWARD AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF SOME INSTABILITY MOVING IN ACROSS THE LAKE. YOU CAN SEE IT MOVING DOWN SOUTHWARD. THERE’S A LOT OF CLOUD COVER IN STORE.