Winds out of the north-northwest will bring persistent snow bands to the immediate lakeshore tonight with a widespread 1-3" ...

There's that phrase again: Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties could be hit by "lake effect snow" early this week. So, what exactly is lake effect snow? We know it's a big part of living in the ...

These persistent lake effect bands set up earlier this week and have continued to pivot across the Great Lakes region, bringing several inches of snow from Michigan to West Virginia, Pennsylvania ...

Sometimes, though, it can travel as far as 100 miles. Because jet streams by and large move from west to east, the eastern ...

Lake-effect snow typically happens when the lakes are ice-free and the water is still relatively warm. As winter drags on, presumably cooling the water and perhaps forming ice sheets, the ...