Ice coverage on the Great Lakes is rapidly expanding, and the trend will increase later this week as the coldest air of the season makes its way into the region.
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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