Lake Effect Snow

Heavy snowfall amounts are associated with

• a longer fetch

• a shorter fetch

• capping inversion

• frozen lake water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Shorter fetches are associated with

• multi-bands of lake-effect snow

• a general snowfall of less than 3 inches

• a larger area of snowfall that covers 200 miles

• capping inversions

Which great lake is the deepest

• Lake Superior

• Lake Erie

• Lake Ontario

• Lake Michigan

Lake effect snow affects large areas usually over 100 miles

• False

• True

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which condition in NOT favorable for lake effect to form?

• cold air moving over a ‘warm’ unfrozen lake

• convergence of wind with land

• high or no capping inversion

• warm dry air

Typically Lake effect snow forms about how many hours after a cold front passes

• 6 hours

• 12 hours

• 2 hours

• 24 hours

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The distance air travels over open water

• fetch

• snow squall

• capping inversion

• snowbelt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Will lake effect snow likely develop if the lake is frozen?

• no

• yes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A heavy burst of snow that greatly reduces visibility

• snow squall

• capping inversion

• cold front

• fetch

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Snowvember productive heavy snowfall in ALL of Western New York

• false

• true

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6