Recent Examples on the WebAreas downwind of the Great Lakes had some of the greatest snowfall deficits due to a lack of lake-effect snow.—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024 Snowfall deficits are extreme downwind of the Great Lakes where Syracuse, New York, and Erie, Pennsylvania, are each missing nearly 5 feet of snow.—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024 Heavy lake-effect snow is expected downwind of the Great Lakes through the middle of the week, and is expected to bring with it whiteout conditions, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.—NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024 Hunters will typically first position the blind or layout boat and then set the spread slightly downwind, leaving runways that serve both as boat travel routes and bird funnels.—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Feb. 2024 That’s a rate of only 5.5 percent, with many of the encounters occurring downwind.—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2024 That's because a lot of particulates come from sources other than fossil fuels (as anyone who was recently downwind of Canada was reminded).—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023 Lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes and upslope snow over parts of the northern and the central Appalachians are also in the forecast Monday through Wednesday, the weather service said.—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023 Stay downwind and out of sight of the target parcel.—Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
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