As things warm up around West Michigan the remaining lake ice will continue to grow more dangerous. Meteorologist Michael Behrens reminds you to stay safe.
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So what are those conditions? Let s take a look!
How Ice Jams Form:
Well, technically, any kind of thawing could lead to an ice break up, but the type of break up most likely to cause an ice jam would be spurred on by a rapid rise in temperatures, allowing the ice to break up quickly over a short period of time. A prolonged and slow break up of ice is unlikely to cause an ice jam.
If you add heavy rainfall on top of a rapid warm up in temperature, then conditions become even more likely for ice to break up and start flowing down the river.
Add "airplane effect" snow to the list of crazy weather that happened in the last week over Texas. Meteorologist Michael Behrens explains how it happens.