Forecast maps shared with Newsweek by AccuWeather highlight which areas around the Great Lakes can expect the heaviest ...

Lake effect snow is common across the Great Lakes region during the late fall and winter.

Warmer waters are fueling stronger, snowier storms—at least for now. Here’s how scientists think this phenomenon will evolve ...

A final round of lake-effect snow is cranking over Lakes Erie and Ontario, creating hazardous travel conditions for the ...

Chicagoland's first snow of the season was a blast of wind-driven lake-effect snow. That wasn't the only place that saw its ...

Lake effect is common during the late fall and winter across the Great Lakes. It is so common that there are areas known as ...

As winters warm — and the average winter temperature is trending warmer since 1970 per Climate Central — due to climate ...

Intense lake-effect snow is creating dangerous travel conditions in the Great Lakes and it’s all being fueled by a record ...

The National Weather Service has warned of "dangerous to impossible travel conditions due to intense lake-effect snow" that ...

To produce lake effect snow, the air temperature 5,000 feet high needs to be at least 23 degrees Fahrenheit colder than the water temperature, and the air temperature 10,000 feet up needs to be at ...

A possible wobble in the polar vortex could soon push frigid air into the northern U.S., and Ohio could see more arctic air around Thanksgiving.