Winter Storm in Southern Erie, New York

A deep upper trough rotated through the lower Great Lakes with successive short wave troughs running through the amplified upper level flow. This brought a period of prolonged snows to the area with embedded heavier elements that were enhanced by lake effect and upslope snow processes. Snow accumulations were highly elevation dependent, and due to the orientation of the cold air over the area, this meant that areas in the higher terrain east of Lake Erie were the epicenter of heavy snowfall. Selected accumulations included 11.5 inches in Forestville, 11 inches in Cherry Creek, 13 inches in South Dayton, 10.3 inches in Colden, and 11.5 inches in East Concord.