lake effect

American  

noun

Meteorology.

1. the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.

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lake effect

But the projected shift northward of the lake effect band would not materialize until late Friday and as the day moved forward more businesses decided to open.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2022

About six million people from Michigan to New York are under alerts for so-called lake effect snow.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2022

While the bulk of the storm has moved out, the National Weather Service in Buffalo tweeted Saturday that several inches of lake effect snow was possible in areas southeast of the lakes.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2022

Cory Arcangel’s portrait of Miley Cyrus on a flat-screen TV uses obsolete technology to create a rippling lake effect that could induce wistfulness — and a touch of seasickness.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019

For those who live in snow belts there’s a second method to produce snow, the lake effect.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2018