Shear Cloud Base
to Echo Top=23
˚
Conditional to Moderate
lake induced stability
Lake induced Cape
395 J/kg
More CAPE than KBUF sounding because colder
Strong 0-1km winds of 30 to 50 knots helps to transfer heavy lake effect band 300 km downwind of lake Ontario
Sfc winds around 20 knots near threshold for crystal fragmentation and less accumulation (higher snow density at the sfc)