Lake-effect snow can fall at unthinkable rates, in part because it has a low water content, making it light and fluffy.

The coldest air of the season so far will unleash a tremendous and long-lasting lake-effect snow event from Michigan and Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio in the days following ...

Lake-effect snow forms when a cold air mass passes over a relatively warm lake. Lake-enhanced snow occurs when a weather system interacts with the lake's moisture.

From the Boston Hills southward and across the Chautauquq Ridge and higher terrain, a much different story Friday with heavy lake effect snow.

Lake-effect snow squalls have returned to the Great Lakes as strong winds howl across the Northeast today.

The Great Lakes contribute to Michigan snowfall each season through the "lake effect." Here's how the process makes snow pile up.

A lake-effect snow event, which started in the upper Great Lakes early Thursday and will start in the lower Great Lakes on Thursday night, has the potential to be quite spectacular, producing ...

With more lake-effect snow on the way, the National Weather Service explains what lake-effect means in Erie.

Lake-effect snow happens when cold air moves across relatively warm lake waters. Eventually, the warm, moist air rises and forms clouds that move over colder air on land.

Lake-effect snow is something talked about in the Pittsburgh region every winter season, but what exactly is it and how does it occur?

The heavy lake effect snow prompted the Buffalo Bills to ask fans for help clearing snow out of Highmark Stadium ahead of the team's game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night.