(CNN) Lake-effect snow has been in the news lately, thanks to a 65-inch snowfall that blanketed Erie, Pennsylvania. But people who live outside the Great Lakes may well have never experienced this weather condition. The Great Lakes is the only place where it happens in the United States, except occasionally at the Great Salt Lake in Utah, CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said. So what exactly is lake-effect snow? "When it gets over land, it deposits water vapor as snow."

Source: CNN December 27, 2017 23:12 UTC