Thee is much more snowfall as you go northeast on Lake Erie's costal regions and North east on Lake ontartio's costal regions than either inland or on the southern coast of lake ontario. Explain why?

a) Due to the presence of warmer air masses from the south
b) Because of the moderating effect of the Great Lakes, which leads to increased snowfall in the northeast regions
c) As a result of lake-effect snow, where cold air masses pick up moisture from the lakes and deposit it as snow on the northeast coastal regions
d) None of the above