Lake-effect snow forms in North Texas

Weather Why’s: Lake Effect Snow with Meteorologist Zavian Colón
TGIF comes along with a brand new Weather Why’s sticking with this cold weather. Meteorologist Zavian Colón is going to speak on the details of how lake effect snow occurs and the amount of snow that
Large lakes produced snow flurries in North Texas. What is lake-effect snow?
Lake-effect snow develops from narrow bands of clouds that form when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively mild lake.
Lake-effect snow flurries seen in parts of North Texas Wednesday
Lake-effect snow is most common near the Great Lakes, but while rare in North Texas, it can happen here too. Lake-effect snow was expected to be possible in areas south and southeast of the larger North Texas lakes, such as Lake Lewisville or Lake Ray Hubbard.
North Texas could see lake effect snow flurries. Yes, you read that right.
But seriously, when lake effect snow ferociously blows off of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, it can bury Buffalo or Syracuse in feet of snow. Meanwhile, here in North Texas, little flurries of glitter gently fall from the sky and softly land on the concrete jungle of the metroplex, and that's possible overnight as an Arctic blast sweeps over DFW.
Dallas weather: Lake-effect snow forms in North Texas
Some of the snow we saw on Wednesday morning was lake-effect snow. Moisture from area lakes met with the cold air and formed bands of snow. We saw lake-effect snow form off of Lewisville, Grapevine and Eagle Mountain Lake.
Lake effect snow impacts parts of North Texas
Wind chills were in the negatives on Wednesday morning in Grapevine, Texas, near Fort Worth and Dallas.
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