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Explaining "lake-effect snow"

Name: Explaining "lake-effect snow"
Uploaded: 2014-11-19T11:10:25-0500
Duration: 54 s
Description: Half of the country is covered by snow with upstate New York seeing as much as 6 feet by the end of Wednesday. Meteorologist Danielle Niles of WBZ explains the bone-chilling phenomenon known as "lake-effect snow" causing this weather.

Half of the country is covered by snow with upstate New York seeing as much as 6 feet by the end of Wednesday. Meteorologist Danielle Niles of WBZ explains the bone-chilling phenomenon known as "lake-effect snow" causing this weather.