Heavy lake-effect snow targeted the Great Lakes snowbelts Jan. 16-19, 2016.

Up to 19 inches of snow was measured to the east of Lake Ontario in Redfield, New York, in this latest round of lake effect.

A narrow band of lake-effect snow produced snowfall rates of 3 to 5 inches per hour east of Lake Ontario on Jan. 18, according to the National Weather Service. Fulton, New York, reported 9 inches of snow in three and a half hours on Jan. 18 with a storm total of 17 inches.

Up to 13 inches of snow was measured in northeast Ohio in Thompson Township. Just across the border near Erie, Pennsylvania, 20 inches of snow piled up in Greene Township.

In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, near Redridge, 31 inches of snow was reported Jan. 16-18. In northwest Lower Michigan, some locations saw more than a foot of snow.

Light snow was reported in southwestern Michigan on Jan. 17 and combined with winds gusting over 20 mph the result was reduced visibility. Multiple accidents occurred on Interstate 94and one death was reported.

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What is Lake-Effect Snow?

Lake-effect snow is a common sight in the snowbelts downwind of the Great Lakes in late fall and winter.

After a cold front passes through, chilly winds mainly from the west or northwest flow over the relatively warmer waters of the lakes and gather moisture, allowing clouds and bands of lake-effect snow to develop. This snow, sometimes heavy, then piles up in locations generally to the east and southeast of the Great Lakes.

The direction and duration of the winds in combination with the difference in temperature between the air mass and the water of the lake typically dictates how much snow will fall in any one location. See the video at the link below for more information.

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For two of America's snowiest cities, Boonville, New York (193.5 inches each season), and Hancock, Michigan (211.9 inches each season), lake-effect snow is a big contributor to the monstrous snow totals seen each season.

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But it's not just the Great Lakes where this phenomenon occurs., including lakes, bays and oceans, that have produced snow from the same basic ingredients described above.

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Snowy conditions at the Buffalo airport Wednesday evening. (Twitter/Buffalo Airport)