All about the Snowbelt and Lake Effect Snow
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Having lived my entire life in Cleveland, OH I have a first hand knowledge of the Snowbelt. From the Blizzard of 1978 to the I-90 corridor. So here is a Squidoo lens about the wondrous weather pattern we call the Snowbelt! Here is a picture of me during a Snowbelt Lake Effect Squall!
What is the Snowbelt?
The snowbelt is a North American region, much of which lies downwind of the Great Lakes, where heavy snowfall is particularly common on predominately eastern and southern shores of the Great Lakes. Near the Great Lakes, lake effect snow is caused by cold air picking up moisture while crossing the lake and then releasing it as snow when the air cools over land. The lakes produce lake effect snow and continuous cloudy skies throughout the winter months, as long as air temperatures are colder than the lake water temperatures. From Wikipedia Snowbelt Link List
- Snowbelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The snowbelt is a North American region, much of which lies downwind of the Great Lakes, where heavy snowfall is particularly common on predominately eastern and southern shores of the Great Lakes. Near the Great Lakes, lake effect snow is caused by cold air picking up moisture while crossing the lake and then releasing it as snow when the air cools over land. The lakes produce lake effect snow and continuous cloudy skies throughout the winter months, as long as air temperatures are colder than the lake water temperatures.
- What is Lake Effect -- Lake Effect Snow
- Lake Effect Snow, also called snowsqualls, results from cold, arctic air traveling over a relatively warm body of water. The cold, dry air picks up the lake moisture and deposits it, in the form of snow, over land.
- Weather Elements: What Causes Lake-Effect Snow Squalls
- Lake-generated snow squalls form when cold air, passing for long distances over the relatively warm waters of a large lake, picks up moisture and heat and is then forced to drop the moisture in the form of snow upon reaching the downwind shore.
- Warm water helps create Great Lakes snowstorms
- Places along the southern and eastern sides of the Great Lakes are famous for the huge amounts of snow that fall on them.
Blizzard of 1978 Flickr Photos
30th Year Anniversary of The Blizzard of 1978
- Woman Recalls Giving Birth During Blizzard Of '78 - News Story - WEWS Cleveland
- CLEVELAND -- If you were old enough to remember, you will probably never forget the blizzard of 1978. NewsChannel5 talks to some people who have very vivid memories of the storm that hit 30 years ago this weekend. Saturday, January 26, 2008.
- Revisiting 1978 Blizzard - Photos - WEWS Cleveland
- Slideshow of the Blizzard!
- The News-Herald - Memories of Great Blizzard aren't so great
- After 30 years, many people might want to forget the Great Blizzard. Beginning Jan. 26, 1978, a Thursday, the storm ravaged the entire state, shutting down virtually every aspect of life - following a mild day that saw rain showers.
- Blizzard of 78 - Hull MA - Nantasket Beach
- Blizzard of 1978 resource center Simons family web site. Stories of the Blizzard of 78. Source of all links for the Blizzard of 78. Great sunset photos. Simons & Miller family history. Old photos from Hull MA. Ghost Stories.
- Blizzard of 1978 - Ohio History Central - A product of the Ohio Historical Society
- In January and February 1978, a series of three storms hit the United States Midwest or the Northeast. These storms were some of the most severe winter events to occur in recent history, and collectively are known as the Blizzard of 1978.
- 1978: Statewide Blizzard Photo Album
- January 26, 1978: Statewide Blizzard. Once the storm hit, snow drifted over rooftops of one-story buildings, as seen in this image of an outbuilding at the Forest Loudenslager farm in Marion County.
Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizzard of 1978
Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizzard of 1978
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The Blizzard of 1978
Share your memories of the Storm of the Century!
Where were you during the Blizzard of 1978?
Safe at home!
LaraineRose says:
1978 we lived in Creston Valley. We had a lot of snow that year too. I don't think that we had an extra special Blizzard .. but I looked in my diary and we did seem to have a lot more snow.
goo2eyes says:
i experienced a blizzard in nj and the snowfall was up to my hips. there were no public transportation, we had to march home. i would rather be caught by snow at home.
Helenee says:
Athens, Greece and going to school.
OldStones says:
I was 8 years old and spent several days home from school. :D I live in Michigan so we got hit quite hard in the Great Blizzard of "78"
fireblazzer says:
cant say i was
unless past lives is real.. then i might have.. cant be sure lol
Out in the snow!
Tipi says:
That might been the winter I built an incredible snow fort in a high snow bank. It was warm enough inside.
JohannTheDog says:
I wasn't born yet, but my Mum remembers it well!
RenaissanceWoman2010 says:
I was surely out in it. I lived for those snow days when school was shut down and I could be out blasting through snow drifts. Most likely I was out cross-country skiing.
miaponzo says:
I must have been in the snow!!!! :)
EpiphanyLondon says:
northern Indiana - right in the midst of it!
Snow Storm Books
Six Inches of Partly Cloudy: Cleveland's Legendary Meteorologist Takes on Everything--and More
by Cleveland's own Dick Goddard
30th Anniversary of Blizzard of '78
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brynimagire
Mar 16, 2012 @ 11:50 am | delete
- Amazing lens ! Nice information.
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brynimagire
Mar 16, 2012 @ 11:50 am | delete
- Amazing lens ! Nice information.
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JoyfulReviewer
Mar 7, 2012 @ 3:14 pm | delete
- Thank goodness we haven't had to deal with lake-effect snow in Iowa. This has been a glorious winter ... haven't even used my snow shovel yet!
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wilfredpadilla
Mar 5, 2012 @ 9:13 pm | delete
- Since our country is tropical, I never seen a real snow in my entire life! I do not know what is the feeling with snow.
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Tipi
Feb 24, 2012 @ 4:04 pm | delete
- Blizzards are beautiful to see, the snow drifts get high in North Dakota.
Thank goodness we haven't had much snow this year, and no worry of floods this spring if it keeps up. It its global warming, I'm enjoying the weather in 2012.
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