Stunning New Satellite Image of Brutal Lake Effect Snow

A GOES weather satellite captured this image of Lake effect snow streaming across and downwind of the Great Lakes on Nov. 18, 2014. In the upper left corner is Lake Superior. Below it is Lake Michigan. To the east is Lake Huron and below it Lake Erie — source of the snow pummeling the Buffalo area. And then north and east of Lake Erie is Lake Ontario. (Source: NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory) For Buffalonians and others in the Great Lakes region, the snow just keeps on coming. And coming, and coming, and... Yesterday, some suburban areas of Buffalo got 60 inches or more, prompting the National Weather Service to Tweet that the area may have set a record for "highest 24hr snow in a populated area." Time will tell whether that's ultimately confirmed. Regardless, another round is on the way, with an additional two to three feet forecast for Wednesday through Friday morning. And that's just in the Buffalo area. The National Weather Service has also issued a lake effect snow warning for counties east of Lake Ontario, with two feet forecast there. Yesterday, I posted a satellite image of a lake effect snow band over Lake Erie. Today, NOAA's Environmental Visualization Laboratory published the stunning image above of a broader region of the Great Lakes. It was captured by a GOES weather satellite. Note the long cloud streamers moving across and downwind of all of the lakes.