[--MAIN HOME--] [--ALL HABYHINTS--] [--FACEBOOK PAGE--] LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SOUNDING Downwind from Great Lakes (Northern Michigan sounding) Below freezing throughout troposphere Weak wind shear Saturated profile near surface Favorable wind direction and wind speed Adequate temperature gradient between lake and 850 temp Steep lapse rate in lower troposphere Factor on sounding below that is unfavorable: Inversion is shallow (inversion closer to the surface than 700 mb such as this case tends to limit the amount of heavy snow that can occur) Besides the low inversion everything on sounding below is favorable for lake-effect snow For more on lake-effect snow, go to: http://www.theweatherprediction.com/winterwx/lesnow/ EXAMPLE: