I don't know about you but every time I turn on the television some meteorologist seems to be talking about lake effect snow. Maybe my cluelessness is due to the fact that I am a Floridian who had a short stint leaving in the north until Old Man Winter blew me back south. My curiosity got the best of me and I had to do a little research on this wintertime phenomenon. The fifth grade version goes like this:
Lake effect snows occur when a mass (a front) of really cold air moves over a body of warmer water (the lake), creating an unstable (just not right) temperature in the atmosphere. As a result, clouds build over the lake and eventually develop into snow showers and squalls (storms) as they move downwind.
The technical version comes from weather.com. Check it out for more info!
My scientific theory is that when you have freezing temps outside, you should stay inside. Preferably at a mall or store shopping! Miss Mallory, our shopper extraordinaire, did a little of just that last night. She took the liberty to arrange her own display in honor of the newest elf!
