Low pressure tracked from the Great Lakes into Canada during the day of the 13th. Behind this departing system, a cold moist northwest flow of air crossed the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario.
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Low pressure tracked from the Great Lakes into Canada during the day of the 13th. Behind this departing system, a cold moist northwest flow of air crossed the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario. This led to heavy lake effect snow the evening of the 13th through the mid-morning hours the 14th in north Central New York, especially in Northern Oneida County.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake effect snow accumulated between 8 and 14 inches.
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