lake-effect
Water-induced snow phenomenon
Lake-effect describes weather phenomena caused when cold air passes over a large, relatively warm lake and picks up moisture.
The term appears most often with snow: lake-effect snow falls heavily on areas downwind of the Great Lakes, sometimes burying cities like Buffalo under several feet while nearby areas remain clear.
Collected mass over time
- flurriesBrief, light precipitation
- squallsSudden violent windstorms
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- driftsMoves without direction
powder · blizzard · snowstorm · snowfall · dumping · piling · shoveling · snowplow
Western New York city
- ClevelandNortheast Ohio metropolis
- ErieNorthwestern Pennsylvania city
- SuperiorNorthernmost Great Lake
- MichiganNorthern Great Lakes state
Huron · Ontario · Syracuse · Rochester · Duluth · Green Bay · Marquette · South Bend
Atmospheric water deposit
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- fetchGo get and return
updraft · cyclonic · forecasting · atmospheric · frontal · radar · advisory · warning
Eleventh month
- DecemberYear's final month
- JanuaryYear's opening month
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
Arctic · subzero · windchill · frostbite · hypothermia · icy · treacherous · school closings
accumulation
Collected mass over time
drifts · powder · blizzard · snowstorm · snowfall · dumping · piling · shoveling · snowplow · snowpack
Buffalo
Western New York city
Michigan · Huron · Ontario · Syracuse · Rochester · Duluth · Green Bay · Marquette · South Bend · Muskegon
precipitation
Atmospheric water deposit
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
fetch · updraft · cyclonic · forecasting · atmospheric · frontal · radar · advisory · warning · watch
November
Eleventh month
frigid · Arctic · subzero · windchill · frostbite · hypothermia · icy · treacherous · school closings · delays
lake-effectfrontal system
Boundary separating air masses
warm front · cold front · cyclonic storm · low-pressure system · Alberta clipper
lake, effect, lakes, effects, effected, effecting, effective, effectively, effectiveness