. . . Since the northern lakes were relatively warm (+4 to +6 degrees C as reported by the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab), and since surface air temperatures ranged from -5 to -15 degrees C, a strong and persistent lake effect snow band of the mid-lake variety, (also called a Type-I snowband; Niziol, et al., 1995) developed early on the 8th, and remained in place most of the day. Note the large LES band at 1701 UTC. Also, notice that there is another cloud line at the south end of the lake oriented orthogonal to the mid-lake band. This was most probably a land breeze which had formed along the southern shore of Lake Huron, and was advecting northwestward with time.
