The influence of lake Michigan on a wintertime cold front

Joseph G. Dreher, Mark R. Hjelmfelt, William Capehart, David A.R. Kristovich

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Abstract

The phenomenon of lake-effect snow was studied over lake Michigan on a wintertime cold front. Lake-effect snow develops when arctic air plunges over the relatively warm lake waters. The movement of the cold air creates vertical fluxes of heat and moisture from the lake surface to the lower part of the troposphere. It was observed that in addition to the snow fall from the small mesoscale lake-effect events, synoptic-scale storms traveling across the regions can be enhanced, or modified by the collective effects of the lake surface.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2573-2584
Number of pages12
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
StatePublished - 2004
EventCombined Preprints: 84th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting - Seattle, WA., United States
Duration: Jan 11 2004Jan 15 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atmospheric Science

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