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This week's snowstorm in Buffalo, New York, which has come in two deadly rounds that together have left many communities just south of the city struggling to cope with what will likely amount to a year's worth of snow in the timespan of less than one week, has been one of the most capricious and stubborn lake-effect events that meteorologists have witnessed in recent years
Lake-effect snow events occur along the Great Lakes when cold Arctic air blows over relatively mild and open lake waters during the fall and spring. These snowstorms can tie forecasters in knots because they can suddenly intensify, shift course on a moment's notice, and deliver some of the world's highest snowfall rates. For example, on Thursday evening, the National Weather Service was warning that some towns south of Buffalo were seeing snowfall at greater than 4 inches per hour. Read more...
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