Heavy Lake Effect Snow In New York

Heavy lake effect snow in Erie County NY. Its not coming down very hard but they are big heavy lake effect snow flakes. If you're not familiar with lake effect snow, it is snow caused by the warm, not iced over great lakes. When the cold dry air comes over the lakes that are warmer than the air and not frozen, the clouds pick up the moisture and drop it as lake effect snow. Lake effect is different than regular snow in the way it is formed and the size of the flakes and the significant amount of snow fall that can build very quickly. Heavy snow bands are typical with lake effect that can drop 6 plus inches an hour! We've had over 7 feet of snow in a 12 hour period before and in a typical lake snow event, it isn't uncommon to receive multiple feet of snow rather than inches. If it picks up more, I will get a video of a heavier snow fall. Thanks for watching.