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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
Eric, what is 'lake effect snow'? Do the Great Lakes create their own snow in addition to your normal downfall?
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Oh ... sometimes in winter, warm moisture - laden air masses flow from the south west. As they pass over the lake, much of which is frozen, the moisture tends to fall as snow because of the cooling effect. So, on bad days, like last Tuesday, we had a Clipper blizzard from the north west, with lake effect pushing up from the south west. And a sore back from all the shovelling
