As of March 16, average ice cover across the lakes was roughly 13.5%. Lake Superior was at 9.2%, and Lake Michigan was at ...

Lake Erie's devastating lake-effect snow storms can smother communities with collapsed roofs and impassable roads. Could ...

The effects of low ice cover are far-reaching, affecting the fish and organisms that live in the lake as well as the people that live around them. Here are some of the ways that ice benefits the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The ice cover on Lake Erie has melted substantially since peaking last month. The Thursday reading from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes ...

Comparison of ice cover on Lakes Erie and Ontario on March ... His keenest winter weather interest is lake-effect snow.

(David Piano/X) It's the same for lake effect snow. McKay says ice protects against westerly winds that predominate across latitudes sweeping over the lake, accumulating moisture and dumping ...

Enough people have contacted the watershed district that officials decided to hold an informational workshop later this month ...

Regardless of what happens, the odds of a severe lake-effect snowstorm on Lake Erie's shores have decreased because the ice prevents the lake's warmer surface from evaporating into the atmosphere ...

Flathead Lake, and surrounding highways. The Winter Weather Advisory, in effect from 11 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday (MST), predicts ice accumulations of up to one-tenth of an inch, which could ...