Lake Erie was wide open at the start of the new ... While the ice cover of the lake does have an impact on lake-effect snow, the ice cover will shut off the snow machine only if the lake is ...

A band of lake-effect snow inched through the day across Chautauqua County, northwestern Cattaraugus County and into southern Erie County, said Thomas. The storm was expected to weaken a little ...

Of course, on a regional scale, those relatively warm waters of the lakes are responsible for very heavy lake-effect snow during the ... in areal size than Lake Erie and well to the north, would ...

While the Region escaped the weekend storm that caused havoc and left travel treacherous across the southern third of the state, lake effect snow is on its way for Monday, officials said.