Winter Weather — Southerwestern St. Lawrence, New York

2006-02-06 · Southerwestern St. Lawrence, New York

Wider weather episode

Low pressure moved into the eastern Great Lakes on the 5th and then moved northeast across Quebec province on the 6th. On the 6th, a cold polar vortex located across Quebec created a persistent west-southwest cold flow over the relatively mild lake waters of the eastern Great Lakes. A series of Lake effect snowbands developed off Lake Ontario starting the evening of the 5th and continued until the late evening of the 6th. General snowfall was 2 to 4 inches across northern New York with some localized higher amounts in persistent bands. Snowfall amounts include: Canton (St. Lawrence) with 2 inches, Malone (Franklin) and Bloomingdale (Essex) with 3 inches, Plattsburgh (Clinton)...Dannemora (Clinton)...Edwards (St. Lawrence) and Newcomb (Essex) with 4 inches, Saranac Lake (Franklin) with 5 inches and Tupper Lake (Franklin) with 9 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5489861. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.