Lake Erie was wide open at the start of the new year ... a spokeswoman with the NOAA. While the ice cover of the lake does have an impact on lake-effect snow, the ice cover will shut off the ...

Lake Erie, one of the region's five Great Lakes, lies on the southeast coast of Michigan. Here's what to know.

And if the NOAA programs that fine tune weather models for forecasting storms are cut, Buffalonians may not be able to know when or where heavy snowfall off an unfrozen Lake Erie could hit.

A digital ice chart for the Great Lakes on Feb. 18, 2025, shows Lake Erie at its winter peak, so far, for ice coverage at 95 per cent. (NOAA) Content continues below Lake Erie last completely ...

A digital ice chart for the Great Lakes on Feb. 18, 2025, shows Lake Erie at its winter peak, so far, for ice coverage at 95 per cent. (NOAA) Overall, that's a stark contrast from this time last ...

A digital ice chart for the Great Lakes on Feb. 18, 2025, shows Lake Erie at its winter peak, so far, for ice coverage at 95 per cent. (NOAA) Overall, that's a stark contrast from this time last year ...

Peak ice coverage for Lake Erie is usually around 65%, occurring in late February or early March, according to NOAA. This year is different, Atkinson says, primarily due to air temperatures in January ...

Lake Erie is known for seiches, according to the NOAA Photo by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources The department says the weather anomaly occurs when wind blows water and moves it to another ...