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ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — An arctic blast this week left an intricate frozen fingerprint behind in its wake. The blowing spray off Lake Michigan, tossed by winds gusting to 47 mph, froze on contact ...
The 2024 ice season was the second time average ice cover across the Great Lakes did not reach 5%. The first time was in 2012, when it hit 4.8%. (The third lowest was 7% in 2002.)
That arctic air is traveling over ice-free Great Lake waters and producing lake-effect snow, on Saturday only, for places like Syracuse, New York, where 3 to 5 inches of snow may accumulate.
The first big snow of the season threatened to bury towns in New York along lakes Erie and Ontario during a hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend. In Michigan, heavy lake-effect snow in ...
The ice must be cut through, broken up, or melted. Tools can be directly pushed into snow and firn (snow that is compressed, but not yet turned to ice, which typically happens at a depth of 60 metres (200 ft) to 120 metres (390 ft)); [22] this method is not effective in ice, but it is perfectly adequate for obtaining samples from the uppermost layers. [23]
The main strait is 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 kilometers) wide with a maximum depth of 295 feet (90 meters; 49 fathoms), [2] and connects the Great Lakes of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Given the large size and configuration of the straits, hydrologically, the two connected lakes are one body of water, studied as Lake Michigan–Huron.
Ice coverage achieves its statistical peak for the Great Lakes on Feb. 22, but on Feb. 20, there was less than 2% coverage on both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The average ice coverage for the ...
Gaylord, Mich., between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, had almost 34 inches as of Saturday evening, and snow showers were forecast for every day this week. The Lake Erie city of Ashtabula, Ohio ...