[Magdalen] Snowing now

[Grace Cangialosi]

I didn't realize the Great Lakes freeze over...

> On Nov 29, 2014, at 3:56 PM, "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
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> Lake effect snow explanation:
> Until the Great Lakes freeze over, they're warmer than the surrounding land. Air passes over them, picks up moisture from the lake, and then, when it rises over the higher and colder ground, the moisture condenses and is released as snow. Because of the prevailing winds, it primarily affects areas to the east & south of the lakes - e. g., Buffalo, Syracuse, etc.
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> We, like David, had snow flurries all day yesterday, but I wouldn't attribute that to lake effect snow, as we're rather far from Lake Ontario, and there are two mountain ranges in between. It just does that here much of the winter.
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> In Massachusetts, we can also have "ocean effect" snow, but only during a Nor'easter, as the wind would have to come from the east, which it doesn't normally do.
> 
> Chad Wohlers
> who lived in Buffalo and Syracuse as a kid, and so knows all about lake effect snow,
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Grace Cangialosi
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 3:33 PM
> To: Cantor03 at aol.com ; magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Snowing now
> 
> I've never understand that term...
> 
>> On Nov 29, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>> It is actually snowing lightly here in the Pennsylvania Poconos.
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>> I think it's the infernal "lake effect snow".
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>> David S.
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