snowfall occurs? same type of ingredients. we have cold air rushing over relatively warm water that is ice-free, by the way. it reaches a land mass that has some sort of upward lift to it. over let s say, mountains and hills. it causes the air to rise, cools, condenses, creates the cloud cover and what falls from that cloud cover? lake effect or ocean-effect snow. that s what s happening across the sea of japan. here we are across this part of the world. you can see that strong northwesterly component to the wind wrapping around an area of high pressure bringing in cold siberian cold air. that s created these banding-like snow falls across that part of the world. it s incredible to see the similarities between that and the band being that occurs downwind from lake michigan, lake superior, lake erie and ontario. in grand rapids, michigan, marquette, you know that you can