Ahh, ok. I didn't think you guys got much snow along the bottom of the lakes...well, of course I know that you DO get winter, but a big dump of it in November would be unusual wouldn't it?
I could live with the cold just fine...it's the snow and slop that I dislike. I can't really complain I guess...it doesn't get all that cold here...it's just the sleet and slush and salt I dislike.
That's what "lake effect" storms do... doesn't have to be really cold, just freezing or slightly below, with winds blowing the high level moisture from the lake onto the shore.. 32* seems to be all it needs, and 28* is ideal, living merely 2 miles from the shore, on a ridge parallel to the shore, exascerbates this effect.. we had 14", it stopped late last night when I was shooting pictures. Its started up agaian, and will continue on, I figure within the next couple days well have seen "24 fall, of course with these temps, it immediatly compresses.
I live along the zone where the shore takes a bend and heads northeast, and it is why it does this here, it kinda is like the storm hits a wall, and dumps... profuseley.
And yes, it is way to early for this syndrome, just the prevailing winds by happenstance... doesn't bode well, and untill the lake freezes, will continue... water temps are in the mid 40's still, t takes many days of below zero to freeze the lake.