00:00Great Lake ice coverage is rapidly expanding and the trend will increase late this week and this weekend with the coldest air of the season.
00:08Earlier this month, the January thaw may have slowed the annual process of ice growth, but we're making up for lost time and quickly.
00:15From Sunday to Monday, Lake Erie saw a 10% increase in coverage. Now more than half of the southernmost lake has iced over.
00:22It may surprise some that the southernmost lake freezes first, but this is because Lake Erie is shallower than the others, so it experiences more rapid temperature changes.
00:32The expanding ice cover signals the beginning of the end of true lake effect snow season.
00:38Lake effect snow will still occur in the late winter, but the highest octane fuel for lake snow is in decline as waters chill and ice over.
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