Topo Map of CWA
•Complex terrain (Mtn/Valleys)
•Band extends 300km downwind of Lake Ontario
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Ausable and Saranac River Valley helps channel band
Jay Peak 300km downwind of Lake Ontario
Westerly flow cases that impact southern Green Mtns
The Ausable and Saranac River Valleys help to funnel lake effect band down into the Champlain valley. This especially impacts PLB. PLB during this event received 4.3 inches of snowfall in 1 hours with near zero vis. This un interrupted band from trrn will transverses across Lake Champlain Valley and be enhance by the Green Mountains in VT