Lake-Effect Snow Brings Woes to the Northeast

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16 Jan 2025 11:00 PM

While ice coverage has been increasing across the Great Lakes over the past couple of weeks (28% for Lake Erie), it's not so much as to damped the lake-effect snow machine. Together with a quick-moving Clipper system, snowfall has been spreading across the Northeast through the day Thursday.

Another few inches of snow remains possible across the shores of Lake Erie and Ontario, down the Appalachian Mountains, and perhaps closer to the Eastern Seaboard.

RELATED: Read more about the cold temperatures HERE

Winter weather alerts remain in place for portions of Ohio from Cleveland down to east of Charleston, WV into Friday morning.

TIMING

Snow will linger into the overnight hours, but generally be wrapped up as we wake up Friday morning.

Make sure to tune into WeatherNation for the latest details.

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