Lake-effect snow forms in North Texas

Large lakes produced snow flurries in North Texas. What is lake-effect snow?
Lake-effect snow develops from narrow bands of clouds that form when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively mild lake.
North Texas could see lake effect snow flurries. Yes, you read that right.
But seriously, when lake effect snow ferociously blows off of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, it can bury Buffalo or Syracuse in feet of snow. Meanwhile, here in North Texas, little flurries of glitter gently fall from the sky and softly land on the concrete jungle of the metroplex, and that's possible overnight as an Arctic blast sweeps over DFW.
Lake-effect snow flurries seen in parts of North Texas Wednesday
Lake-effect snow is most common near the Great Lakes, but while rare in North Texas, it can happen here too. Lake-effect snow was expected to be possible in areas south and southeast of the larger North Texas lakes, such as Lake Lewisville or Lake Ray Hubbard.
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Here are 2 reasons North Texas saw snow flurries Wednesday morning
If you are not near a lake, this snow is not lake effect. The light "snow drizzle" is actually coming from snow grains developing at the base of a temperature inversion. In this case, it is an elevated shallow layer of warm, humid air sitting on top of cold, dry air we feel at the surface.
Dallas weather: Lake-effect snow forms in North Texas
Some of the snow we saw on Wednesday morning was lake-effect snow. Moisture from area lakes met with the cold air and formed bands of snow. We saw lake-effect snow form off of Lewisville, Grapevine and Eagle Mountain Lake.
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