An Illinois “Air Pollution Action Day” is declared when weather conditions are such that widespread ozone and or particulate ...

Lake-effect snow, which can last for only a few minutes to several days, develops from narrow bands of clouds that form when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively mild lake.

Lake-effect snow, which can last for only a few minutes to several days, develops from narrow bands of clouds that form when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively mild lake.

Then lake-effect snow will return to CNY for several days as winds turn more west-northwesterly for several days next week in addition to an area-wide snow-making Syracuse Wednesday: ...

You can have lake effect snow around the Great Salt Lake, and there are some Canadian lakes where you can find it. There's also ocean effect snow in Japan, and you can have bay effect snow around ...

The NWS says "heavy" lake-effect snow is projected to bring up to 20 inches of snow in areas of upstate New York by Thursday. Additional bands of the lake-effect snow could bring the total to 3 feet.

Lake Effect Snow Can Be Dangerous Lake effect snow storms can be very dangerous. For example, 13 people were killed by a storm that took place November 17-19, 2014 in Buffalo, New York.

But lake effect precipitation produced over the Great Lakes is not all snow — much of it, especially before November, falls as rain.