Editing Lake-effect snow (section)

==== Elsewhere in the United States ====
{{See also|Great Salt Lake effect}}

The southern and southeastern sides of the [[Great Salt Lake]] receive significant lake-effect snow. Since the Great Salt Lake never freezes, the lake effect can influence the weather along the [[Wasatch Front]] year-round. The lake effect largely contributes to the {{convert|55|-|80|in|cm|0}} annual snowfall amounts recorded south and east of the lake, and in average snowfall reaching {{convert|500|in|m|0}} in the [[Wasatch Range]]. The snow, which is often very light and dry because of the semiarid climate, is referred to as the "Greatest Snow on Earth" in the mountains. Lake-effect snow contributes to roughly six to eight snowfalls per year in [[Salt Lake City]], with about 10% of the city's precipitation being contributed by the phenomenon.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://deseretnews.com/misc/gsl/105002200.htm |title=Lake has great impacts on storm, weather |first=Joe |last=Bauman |date=August 5, 1999 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002201320/http://deseretnews.com/misc/gsl/105002200.htm |archive-date=October 2, 2012}}</ref>

On one occasion in December 2016, lake-effect snow fell in central [[Mississippi]] from a lake band off [[Ross Barnett Reservoir]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtok.com/content/news/Tuesday-December-20-Afternoon-Forecast-Discussion-407646085.html |title=Tuesday, December 20 Afternoon Forecast Discussion |first=Brian |last=Hutton |date=December 20, 2016 |website=[[WTOK-TV]] |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107172149/http://www.wtok.com/content/news/Tuesday-December-20-Afternoon-Forecast-Discussion-407646085.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] occasionally experiences ocean-effect showers, usually in the form of rain at lower elevations south of about the mouth of the [[Columbia River]]. These occur whenever an Arctic air mass from western Canada is drawn westward out over the Pacific Ocean, typically by way of the [[Fraser Valley]], returning shoreward around a center of low pressure. Cold air flowing southwest from the Fraser Valley can also pick up moisture over the [[Strait of Georgia]] and [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]], then rise over the northeastern slopes of the [[Olympic Mountains]], producing heavy, localized snow between [[Port Angeles, Washington|Port Angeles]] and [[Sequim, Washington|Sequim]], as well as areas in [[Kitsap County, Washington|Kitsap County]] and the [[Puget Sound region]].<ref name=mass>{{cite book |last=Mass |first=Cliff |title=The Weather of the Pacific Northwest |year=2008 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=978-0-295-98847-4 |page=60}}</ref>

While snow of any type is very rare in Florida, the phenomenon of gulf-effect snow has been observed along the northern coast of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] a few times in history. More recently, "ocean-effect" snow occurred on January 24, 2003, when wind off the Atlantic, combined with air temperatures in the 30&nbsp;°F range, brought snow flurries briefly to the Atlantic Coast of northern Florida seen in the air as far south as [[Cape Canaveral]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.gov/media/mlb/surveys/012403.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127225141/http://www.weather.gov/media/mlb/surveys/012403.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-27 |url-status=live |title=Cold Temperatures and Snow Flurries in East-Central Florida January 24, 2003 |website=[[National Weather Service]] Office, Melbourne, Florida |access-date=2006-11-05}}</ref>