Lake-Effect Snow To Unleash Whiteouts, Snarl Post-Thanksgiving Travel

[@Yesquire0]

As a downhill skier with a stupidly stubborn streak, as a young man chomping at the bit to get back on the hills again, I many times booked weekend ski trips to northwest lower peninsula ski resorts in early January. I ended up driving through lake-effect white-outs as I neared Lake Michigan and enduring that atmospheric instability in the form of 40 mph wind filled with horizontal snowflakes. It was nearly impossible to dress warm enough to endure more than one downhill run. It was more than a bit unsettling to be on a chair lift being flung backwards by that wind while going uphill. It took awhile, but I learned that a trip in March was a far better experience.

[@lchi8265]

So in Our ancestral Scottish mythology AnCailleach ( pronounced Ann Kyleeck) has woken up from her Northern winter home - also referred to as The Winter Witch- and as she is larger than life - she walks outside her cave and heads south - causing the great winds and flakes to fall from her skirts. She uses her walking stick to stamp the ground and make sure the roots and seeds and ensure they do not grow. Then she chases her Sister ( Bridgit or Spring) away to Costa Rica where Brigit hangs out with the King of Summer on the beach. 😸. Stay warm all!

[@OwlCat-c4b]

Depew NY area right in the middle of a volatile lake-effect snow band corridor. We get *hammered*

[@skinkwondoe]

I live in Traverse City Michigan. 0 visibility at times for sure! Also it can just come out of no where after decent day.

[@dreadpirates_]

Was just in this going from erie to Cleveland ... its seriously NO JOKE. Never been in such COMPLETE whiteouts before. Just stay home or get a hotel.

[@Joshiswierd]

Exited! I’m in the Jamestown ny area!!

[@MrIncognito236]

You're leaving???

[@Joshiswierd]

@ nope:)

[@jacobshort5378]

I believe you mean excited.

[@Joshiswierd]

@@jacobshort5378 oops haha yep I do

[@OldTrucker958]

I’m a highway snow plow driver in the Tug Hill Region of upstate New York. I’ll let you know how it goes. These so called experts are often wrong. But we will see. Wish me well!

[@desertvet66]

@@OldTrucker958 good luck man stay safe

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@OldTrucker958 stay safe! Cheer's from Chardon Ohio

[@Kopernicus67]

Thanks for clearing the ways! I live in Erie, and I think it is not that the experts are wrong, it just has so much to do with the tiniest change in wind. Sometimes we get pummeled and Buffalo gets hardly anything, then Syracuse gets it. Stay safe!

[@matt8264]

@@OldTrucker958 Since when are the “experts” correct? And yet we still trust them.

[@AussieBodybuilder]

Upstate N.Y. is a chithole

[@Ceba-pw8hk]

I'm in the michigan thumb area. The wind often whips around and comes out of the east. When that happens we get lake effect from lake huron. It's not a rare occasion.

[@johnhelms8226]

Go Prowlers!

[@grah01]

Listening to these guys predict weather is like buying a lottery ticket. Good luck!

[@shelleyschoenfeld3306]

😊

[@samiam619]

@@grah01 I’d rather buy a lottery ticket that says snow in the Winter here in N. Michigan, than get a maybe ticket for hurricanes and tornadoes down South!

[@behrsgarage]

It really depends where you are located; some places get hammered, and some places get just a few flakes. I had the unfortunate experience of driving into Western New York on the I-90 East, right at the tail end of the November 2022 storm, having driven from Arizona. I was in a lifted full-size 4x4 Chevy TrailBoss, so I never got physically stuck, and was only turned away from being within maybe 5 miles of my townhouse in downtown Buffalo by the authorities in Hamburg, which was a bummer but totally understandable. However, having driven up the lake from Cleveland that night, there wasn't any sort of real world indicator of how bad it was until about Erie Pennsylvania, and even then, the Apple Maps routed us along very plowed roads up the lake. It was only then that we could see from a distance that a band of snow was clearly pummeling the downtown/central area of Buffalo, while it was clear where we were viewing on the 5.

[@johnhelms8226]

We need as much snow and cold weather as possible after last season’s balmy garbage.

[@TeriNkc]

Lines in the skies

[@SGoode]

Frustrating and maddening

[@DireNeeds]

With Lake effect off of Lake Michigan it's predictable. It's just hard to pinpoint where. However, if that wind is going from North to South it's a pretty good bet that LaPorte, Indiana is going to get a lot of it.

[@MikeRoot-es7cm]

Where’s the snow totals???

[@michaelJ415]

Northeast Ohio north of 90 here, all said in done say Tuesday ish? 18 at least chardon - 26, Happy 🦃to all,get ready

[@donaldnicol8415]

Accuweather online without the sensationalist commentary is much more informative.

[@bryanbailey6636]

I get more lake effect in Jan and Feb here in sw MI.

[@matt8264]

Let’s Go Brandon.

[@00tntprice]

1978 made me leave Michigan for good 48 below ??? NO Thanks

[@oldautos251]

It does not come down from Canada but it comes from ALASKA USA!!!!!!!

[@SevereStormFilmer]

Me in Akron OH: we’re not getting any of this epic event😢😢😢

[@BocoGreenpeace]

Cool 🙂👍

[@JohnPerron-z5m]

The UP. Need I say more?😂

[@lawrencekoprowski6480]

Gail's of November

[@Bobcat9]

It's gale, not gail.

[@tallmansfavorites7563]

Lake effect snow will be reduced 25% due to proposed tariffs, but the extra cost to remove it will be passed on to the US taxpayers😢

[@bonfireballads]

Unless we get four or more feet, i doubt its going to be "extreme" in sw MI.

[@brianwood1041]

Stop the predicting

[@charlesknowlton7198]

Huh?, that's how you forecast the weather. It's all predictions.

[@savannah____]

Its their job to predict the weather

[@shelleyschoenfeld3306]

☹️

[@sandraallenamama1906]

HAARP

[@greggy553]

So, global warming causes cold and snow? Horse manure.

[@tgfabthunderbird1]

Dude, you have a mic. Stop shouting.

[@sandraallenamama1906]

stop the lie

[@charlesknowlton7198]

Perhaps you should do your own research and make your own forecasts.

[@savannah____]

?

[@Tony-eq2mk]

The west is getting feet of snow the east gets 4 inches and people freak out and call it a snow storm BABY'S