I don't care what causes it! I'm just glad that I'm more than 1,000 miles away and don't have to do anything but sit here and shake my head. Read the story @ Lake-Effect Snow What Is It
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The early 70's the entire Midwest was taking shots off the great lakes. I remember the TV news casts showing those folks dumping truck loads of snow off the bridges in NY, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and a few other areas..
I spent the winter of '13/'14 driving through that shit. Often at night. Fuck it.
Last April, I was talking to my neighbor about an upcoming trip to Boston and the route we planned to take. He's an OTR and drives that very route on a weekly basis. He said "you're going to run into lake-effect".I live in Western PA. Lake effect snow can makes things very interesting the more further north you live. I used to visit my brother in Erie often and marvel at the amount of snow they would receive in comparison. We're no slouches when it comes snow in Pittsburgh but the closer you get to the lakes the more brutal the winter.
The early 70's the entire Midwest was taking shots off the great lakes. I remember the TV news casts showing those folks dumping truck loads of snow off the bridges in NY, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and a few other areas..
New York and Philadelphia don't get lake effect snow. They have no lake to their west.
I spent the winter of '13/'14 driving through that shit. Often at night. Fuck it.
Driving through shit must be like mud. You need a low gear and patience. Ta hell with that, I'd rather drive though snow.
The early 70's the entire Midwest was taking shots off the great lakes. I remember the TV news casts showing those folks dumping truck loads of snow off the bridges in NY, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and a few other areas..
New York and Philadelphia don't get lake effect snow. They have no lake to their west.
Doesn't require it to be west. Only in line with current wind direction.. And it can also pick up moisture, increase in altitude and deposit it up to 100 miles away. If you want to get technical about it...
I spent the winter of '13/'14 driving through that shit. Often at night. Fuck it.
Driving through shit must be like mud. You need a low gear and patience. Ta hell with that, I'd rather drive though snow.
Don't you DARE attempt to be funnier than me.
Last April, I was talking to my neighbor about an upcoming trip to Boston and the route we planned to take. He's an OTR and drives that very route on a weekly basis. He said "you're going to run into lake-effect".I live in Western PA. Lake effect snow can makes things very interesting the more further north you live. I used to visit my brother in Erie often and marvel at the amount of snow they would receive in comparison. We're no slouches when it comes snow in Pittsburgh but the closer you get to the lakes the more brutal the winter.
I'm like- it's April, it's warm... no way.
Yes way.
As I said... fuck that shit!
What Is Lake-Effect Snow?
When it is much colder than the lake below. the warmth from the lake rise and deposits it's crap all over Buffalo. Now when it happens in the middle of November it becomes a problem for the 'global warming' advocates.
The early 70's the entire Midwest was taking shots off the great lakes. I remember the TV news casts showing those folks dumping truck loads of snow off the bridges in NY, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and a few other areas..
New York and Philadelphia don't get lake effect snow. They have no lake to their west.
Doesn't require it to be west. Only in line with current wind direction.. And it can also pick up moisture, increase in altitude and deposit it up to 100 miles away. If you want to get technical about it...
Weather moves from west to east because of the rotation of the earth, unless it's a hurricane which goes backward. And again, neither city has a lake within 100 miles. Erie and Ontario are more like 400. Too far.
Look, I'm from there, I know what the weather is.
The early 70's the entire Midwest was taking shots off the great lakes. I remember the TV news casts showing those folks dumping truck loads of snow off the bridges in NY, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and a few other areas..
New York and Philadelphia don't get lake effect snow. They have no lake to their west.
Doesn't require it to be west. Only in line with current wind direction.. And it can also pick up moisture, increase in altitude and deposit it up to 100 miles away. If you want to get technical about it...
Weather moves from west to east because of the rotation of the earth, unless it's a hurricane which goes backward. And again, neither city has a lake within 100 miles. Erie and Ontario are more like 400. Too far.
Look, I'm from there, I know what the weather is.
Lake effect is a poor descriptor of this phenomenon as it can happen above large rivers or any other body of water that is significantly warmer than the air mass above it.