A unique ice formation could be seen across the surface of Lake Superior on the morning of Nov. 28. Here's an explanation of how it forms.
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00:00 starting Wisconsin with this icy scene on Lake Superior.
00:05 - Sounds cold.
00:06 We've got pancake ice.
00:08 - I'm hungry.
00:09 - We love pancake ice.
00:10 In Ashland earlier today,
00:11 where it was nine degrees above zero,
00:14 pancake ice forms in conditions of high wave activity
00:18 when the temperatures are really low,
00:19 as opposed to other kinds of ice
00:21 that will form under calm conditions.
00:23 So it gives it that weird pancake look.
00:26 It's pancake ice.
00:28 - We gotta eat pancakes.
00:30 - It does make you kinda hungry though.
00:32 - Well, okay, no call to action here.