Lakeside communities continue to deal with heavy lake-effect snow
(WENY) -- Cities on and close to the Great Lakes have continued to face round after round of heavy lake effect snow, and some communities have gotten it worse than others.
Several communities that reside near Lake Erie and Lake Ontario have received significant amounts of snow over the past few weeks, and some are on pace for record totals.
This morning, snow reports from Oneida County reported as much as 33 inches from the latest lake effect system including a report of 26 inches in Utica. Further to the west, the towns of Warsaw, Highmarket, and Wales currently sit at seasonal totals above 90 inches, on pace for a record year.
However, the cities of Buffalo and Rochester have seen roughly two-thirds of average seasonal snow through today. Implying how wind direction and storm tracks play a major part in determining which locations receive the most snow in a lake effect snow event.
"The longer those winds stay that direction, obviously the more snow you're going to have over that period of time. And so again with these multi day events. If we see that, you know, similar pattern over a 24 hour, 40 hour period. We can kind of highlight that more likely those areas are going to see the highest snowfall totals," remarked NWS Binghamton meteorologist Ben Lott.
In the Keystone State, Erie is currently at 72 inches, well above its to-date average of 39 inches. The cities of Syracuse, Utica, Fulton, Jamestown, and Oswego remain under Lake Effect Snow Warnings through Sunday evening.
Current 90 Day Snow Totals across the area:
Buffalo - 23.2"
Rochester - 21.2"
Oswego - 18.8"
Dunkirk - 55.6"
Fulton - 22.1"
Highmarket - 90.6"
Springville - 89.2"
Taylorville - 75.5"
Warsaw - 92.6"
Watertown - 68.0"
Wales - 96.3"
Olean - 34.3"
Elmira - 7.0"
Ithaca - 11.0"
Syracuse - 24.0"

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