[Magdalen] Snowing now
Lynn Ronkainen
ichthys89 at comcast.net
Sun Nov 30 02:03:06 UTC 2014
they haven't for a long time but did last year...
Lynn
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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 6:21 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Snowing now
> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is actually snowing lightly here in the Pennsylvania Poconos.
>>>
>>> I think it's the infernal "lake effect snow".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David S.
>>
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