Lake effect snow is caused by cool air crossing a warm lake, where it is warmed and picks up extra moisture. On the other side of the lake, the air is cooled and it deposits the moisture on the land in the form of snow.
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- Lake Effect Snowfalls Explains the causes of lake effect snow squalls, going into detain about the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
- Lake-Effect Snow Forecasting Goes into detail about how forecasters are trying to better predict lake effect snow.
- Lake-Effect Snow Teaches what lake effect snow is with easy to understand diagrams.
- Wikipedia: Lake Effect Snow Contains a description of lake effect snow with diagram and satellite image.
- The Lake Effect Snow Michael Champion's fifth grade class in Onekama, Michigan created a presentation about the lake effect snow.
- Straight Dope: What's the Physics Behind "Lake Effect Snow"? Describes what lake effect snow is, from a physics point of view.
- USAToday.com Tells how the Great Lakes can produce large snowstorms.