Storm Summary Number 3 for Significant Great Lakes Lake Effect
Snow Event
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1000 PM EST Sat Nov 30 2024

...Heavy lake effect snowfall continues across portions of the
Great Lakes, with multiple feet of snow already falling in parts
of the region.... 

Lake Effect Snow Warnings are in effect for portions of
northeastern Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania, western and northern
New York.

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for eastern portions of the UP
of Michigan and northern Lower Michigan.

Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for portions of the
western UP of Michigan.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 900 PM EST...An area of surface low pressure (986 mb, or 29.1
inches of mercury) was located east of Newfoundland and Labrador,
with a high pressure ridge positioned southwest over the northern
Great Plains. This pattern continues to support strong
northwesterly to westerly winds across the Great Lakes Region,
drawing arctic air over the warmer lake waters, leading to intense
bands of lake effect snow. National Weather Service Doppler Radar
shows these lake effect bands occurring south and east of the
Great Lakes. 

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 900 PM
EST Thu Nov 28 through 900 PM EST Sat Nov 30...

...MICHIGAN...
OTSEGO LAKE STATE PARK 3 NW          34.0                    
VANDERBILT 5 WNW                     32.0                    
MCMILLAN 7 N                         27.5                    
IRONWOOD 7 NNE                       27.0                    
GAYLORD                              24.8                    
MUNISING                             24.0                    
SAULT STE. MARIE 4 E                 23.0                    
ELMIRA 2 SE                          19.5                    
ALLOUEZ                              18.0                    

...NEW YORK...
BARNES CORNER                        45.0                    
PERRYSBURG                           37.6                    
COPENHAGEN                           36.5                    
ADAMS CENTER                         36.0                    
CASSADAGA                            35.2                    
DUNKIRK                              32.0                    
MAYVILLE                             30.0                    
CATTARAUGUS 3 W                      29.0                    
NEW BREMEN                           28.5                    
CARTHAGE                             24.0                    
FREDONIA 1 NNE                       22.0                    
HOLLAND 3 NE                         18.4                    
COPENHAGAN 4 NW                      18.0                    
WATERTOWN                            16.8                    
NEW BREMEN 1 ENE                     13.5                    
EAST CONCORD                         13.0                    
SARDINIA                             12.6                    
NORTH JAVA                           10.0                    
WEST CARTHAGE                        10.0                    

...OHIO...
ASHTABULA 1 ESE                      39.0                    
SAYBROOK 1 NNE                       37.1                    
EDGEWOOD                             33.2                    
GENEVA 1 NNE                         33.2                    
MONROE CENTER 2 ESE                  26.0                    
NORTH MADISON                        23.5                    
CONNEAUT                             23.0                    
SOUTH MADISON 3 E                    20.4                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTH EAST 2 ESE                     42.3                    
NORTHWEST HABORCREE                  38.2                    
COLT STATION                         38.0                    
WESLEYVILLE 4 S                      38.0                    
HARBORCREEK 1 NW                     33.3                    
ERIE 2 ESE                           31.0                    
GIRARD                               30.2                    
NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK 3 E            29.7                    
FAIRVIEW                             25.0                    
AVONIA 2 W                           24.0                    
LAWRENCE PARK 2 W                    22.0                    
LAKE CITY                            21.0                    


Intense lake-effect snow bands are forecast for favorable downwind
locations of lakes Superior, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario as cold,
steady winds persist over the warmer lake waters through at least
Monday. Impacted areas include the UP of Michigan, northern Lower
Michigan, northeastern Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania, and
portions of western/Upstate New York, with the more intense bands
expected to linger longest across northeastern Ohio, northwestern
Pennsylvania, and western New York. These intense bands will
result in deep and drifting snow, likely measured in several feet
in the hardest-hit areas. Travel will remain very difficult to
impossible in these areas. 

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 1000 AM EST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

Pereira