Intense lake-effect snow is creating dangerous travel conditions in the Great Lakes and it’s all being fueled by a record cold snap sending the eastern half of the United States into a brief bout of winter.
The snow developed overnight in Chicagoland along with thunder and strong winds. Forecasts for the city on Sunday called for potential historic November snow totals over 10 inches, but the heaviest bands of snow have spared the downtown area from those kinds of totals Monday.
Lake-effect snow totals often swing wildly from location to location depending on where heavier bands develop because of how narrow they are.
That’s what’s happened Monday near Lake Michigan. Up to a…
