CHICAGO - The Great Lakes are unusually warm for this time of year, which isn’t a surprise given the unseasonably warm weather the Great Lakes Region has been experiencing since the start of Meteorological Fall.

Meteorological Fall is the three month period from September 1st to November 30th. September finished with an average temperature of 69.3 degrees, which is 3 degrees above average. So far in the month of October, nearly every day has been near or above average.

So how could the warmer waters of Lake Michigan impact our local forecast? It could mean more lake-effect snow as the weather turns colder in the coming months.

Lake effect snow is common in our region during the late fall and winter months. It develops when cold air moves over the relatively warmer waters of the Gr

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