{"id":5093,"date":"2016-06-02T14:48:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T09:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=5093"},"modified":"2016-06-03T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T10:57:40","slug":"lake-effect-on-display-cold-winds-over-relatively-warm-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=5093","title":{"rendered":"Lake Effect on Display: Cold Winds Over (Relatively) Warm Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve touched on lake-effect snows, the classic pattern in the Upper Midwest and western New York State in which frigid winds blowing over relatively warm Great Lakes waters generate persistent cloud bands and lots of snow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5094\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/doteffects-blog.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5094\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5094 size-full colorbox-5093\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/doteffects-blog.jpg\" alt=\"doteffects-blog\" width=\"480\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/doteffects-blog.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/doteffects-blog-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cold air streaming over relatively warm Great Lakes waters produced streaming bands of clouds and so-called &#8220;lake effect&#8221; snow this week. Credit NASA \/ University of Wisconsin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The image above, to which I was directed by a Dot Earth reader, Mike Mangan, was posted earlier today by the Michigan television meteorologist Bill Steffen.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For the view from the ground click here.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more on this imagery, generated with data collected by NASA satellites on Wednesday, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center. Visit the center\u2019s Web site to see animated views of the cloud bands.<\/p>\n<p>If you, like me, can\u2019t get enough of the dynamics of our amazing atmosphere, please bookmark ImaGeo, the visual Discover Magazine blog of my longtime friend, the science writer, photographer and journalism professor Tom Yulsman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">By Andrew C. 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