A stunning true - colour orbiter figure taken yesterday demonstrate the Great Lakes shrouded by lake - effect blow cloud . It ’s a glorious example of this meteorological phenomenon in natural process .
This image was capture by the Suomi NPP orbiter , and it show bands of lake - effect Charles Percy Snow cloud as they drift eastwards from the western Great Lakes . Parts of northerly Ohio and New York state got hammered last night , meet as much as nine column inch of snow accumulation . Weather forecastersexpect the snow to continuethroughout today and into Saturday , dumping an additional nine column inch of snow .
Thousands of south towns residents are digging out after a lake effect storm hit the expanse . The latest ahead on@news4buffaloas you Wake Uppic.twitter.com/p7DiZzwJVz
— Ali Ingersoll WRAL ( @Ali_IngNews)January 6 , 2017
Lake - effect snow happens when cold airwave pass on over the warm waters of a lake , causing some lake urine to evaporate into the atmosphere and warm it . This warm , wet melodic phrase rises , and then cools as it gets further aside from the lake . During this cool process , the moisture is resign , and if it ’s cold enough , it turn into Charles Percy Snow . And as residents who last east of these giant lakes can attest , it can result in wondrous sum of snow .
[ NOAA ]
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