Drone footage showed ice balls and ice pancakes across wide swaths of Lake Erie off the coast of Buffalo, New York, on Thursday, February 19.
X user @weather_buffalo captured this video and posted it on Thursday with a caption reading: “Frozen Lake Erie at sunset tonight!”
The National Weather Service (NWS) reported the ice closest to Buffalo is “fast ice,” which, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center is a type of ice that is anchored to the shore and does not move with winds or currents. The NWS also reported the estimated thickness was between 12-28 inches. Credit: @weather_buffalo via Storyful