Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a ... those relatively warm waters of the lakes are responsible for very heavy lake-effect snow during the late fall through much of the winter, giving ...

According to the weather service, lake effect snow is typically common across the Great Lakes region during the late fall and winter. A satellite image taken the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 21 ...

Federal forecasters warn that potential snow squalls Thursday and lake-effect snow Friday could create travel headaches over the next day.

Lake effect snow warnings and winter weather advisories in effect as moderate to heavy snow is possible across central New York to finish the week. Lake effect snow will begin this evening with a ...

Social media users expressed sympathy for the driver, while others were shocked at their reaction, with one saying "that's wild." ...

The Arctic blast that’s kept our daytime temperatures frigid for the last few days is slowly melting away as we’re set to climb into daytime highs in the 20s this week. Today, though, much of ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Bitterly cold air sweeping across the Great Lakes will continue to drop lake effect snow on Central New York through Wednesday morning. Syracuse could see 5 to 9 inches of new ...

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a lake effect snow warning with up to three feet of snow in communities along the Lake Ontario shoreline through Wednesday morning as winter ...

Still, it happened somehow — and that's because of the local lakes. Lake-effect snow occurs when cold, dry Arctic air moves over a large, relatively warm lake, creating narrow bands of clouds.