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Lake effect snow is caused by cool air crossing a warm lake, where it is warmed and picks up extra moisture. On the other side of the lake, the air is cooled and it deposits the moisture on the land in the form of snow.
http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/lkefsnw1.htm
Explains the causes of lake effect snow squalls, going into detain about the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/notes/chap10/lake_effect_snow.html
Teaches what lake effect snow is with easy to understand diagrams.
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/winterwx/lesnow/
Goes into detail about how forecasters are trying to better predict lake effect snow.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2007/whats-the-physics-behind-lake-effect-snow
Describes what lake effect snow is, from a physics point of view.
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/lakes/lakesnow/valley.htm
Michael Champion's fifth grade class in Onekama, Michigan created a presentation about the lake effect snow.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wlakeeff/wlakeeff.htm
Tells how the Great Lakes can produce large snowstorms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_effect_snow
Contains a description of lake effect snow with diagram and satellite image.
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