When a polar blast of air roars across Lake Erie, lake effect snow will soon follow. Under the right set up a thick, unrelenting stripe of snow sets up over the same location for hours on end.

Lake effect snow is an amazing example of how nature’s systems interact in complex and interesting ways. It can turn a calm ...

While a larger parent storm system is typically required to produce heavy rain or snow events, lake effect snow is unique. All you need to produce some of the largest snow events on record is cold ...

After a weekend that had the first snowfall for much of Wisconsin, parts of Racine and Kenosha counties along Lake Michigan measured more than a foot of snow Nov. 10. It's a drastic difference from ...

Warmer waters are fueling stronger, snowier storms—at least for now. Here’s how scientists think this phenomenon will evolve as the planet gets hotter. Steam is seen rising off a frozen Lake Michigan ...

WHAT IS A BARRIER LAKE? Barrier lakes are formed when rocks, landslides or other natural blockages make a dam across a river, normally in a valley, blocking and holding back water, hindering or even ...

Michigan has seen a week of windy weather, so much so, that Lake Erie's waters sloshed back and forth like water in a bathtub. "A fascinating natural phenomenon is happening today (Oct. 22) on Lake ...

As we approach the 250th birthday of the United States next July, WCCO takes a looks back through the eyes of Minnesota over those same 250 years. This month we focus on what is more than just a state ...

After only 65 minutes of fishing, this year’s sturgeon season on Black Lake (in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties) ended at 9:05 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. There were 630 registered anglers, including a ...