Widespread and Heavy Lake-Effect Snow Impacting the Great Lakes
Various lake-effect snow warnings, winter storm warnings and advisories have been posted by the National Weather Service in the typical areas that are prone to lake-effect snow, from Upper Michigan to western Lower Michigan and areas east and southeast of Lakes Erie and Ontario.
Intense snow bands will continue in some areas into Friday, especially off Lakes Erie and Ontario, due to an upwind connection with the upper Great Lakes and possibly even the Hudson Bay at times. The heaviest snowfall off of Lake Erie should stay to the south of Buffalo.
Due to the extremely localized nature of lake-effect snow, some places could pick up 1 to 3 inches of snow in an hour or less, while just 10 miles away there may only be flurries and some breaks of sun.
In locations that see the most persistent heavy snow bands, total accumulations of 1 to 3 feet are not out of the question east and southeast of Lakes Erie and Ontario. A foot or more of snow could also fall in parts of Upper Michigan and northwest Lower Michigan.
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