Flurries in NC, Feet of Lake-Effect, More Coming

Below, a list of snow totals, up to 31 inches. But first, a couple blog readers left some enlightening Comments at the bottom of yesterday's blog entry. Among them, the fact that there had been flurries in Eastern North Carolina (something the NWS wrote a statement about), and Blog Reader Joe pointed out that there was "Lake Champlain-Effect Snow" in Vermont, something the NWS was forced to issue a Winter Weather Advisory for. Here's a radar image showing the snow coming off the lake:

Blog reader Zandt points out a PDF containing former research on Lake-Champlain-Effect. That, of course, brings up the question of whether there could be lake-effect from other lakes, or even bay-effect or ocean-effect snow? The answer, in short, is yes. There isn't anything special about the Great Lakes - except they are large. With sufficient warmth of water, smaller areas can have the same effect. You can read the blog entry I wrote about X-Effect-Snow here.

Here are the amounts that I researched and posted to my blog this morning. These come from NWS reports and our SnowMatrix - if you have a total not entered into either, hit the SnowMatrix. We also got these pics from an AccuWeather.com Forums user who eyewitnessed the 30" at Snowshoe, West Virginia:

And one from Michigan and New York State. If you have pictures, upload them to the AccuWeather.com Photo Gallery.

AMOUNTS OVER 15 INCHES:

Elliocottville, NY: 31.0" (SnowMatrix) South Dayton, NY: 30.0" Snowshoe, WV: 30.0" (SnowShoeMtn.com) West Leyden, NY: 28.0" Ellicottville, NY: 28.0" Ashville, NY: 25.0" Sinclairville, NY: 22.0" Stockton, NY: 20.0" Napoli, NY: 17.0" Quinwood, WV: 17.0"

HIGHEST AMOUNTS PER STATE:

Elliocottville, NY: 31.0" (SnowMatrix) Snowshoe, WV: 30.0" (SnowShoeMtn.com) Craigsville, WV: 14.0" (NWS) Erie, PA: 11.0" (SnowMatrix) Porter, IN: 10.0" Farmington, PA: 8.4" Pierpoint, OH: 8.0" (SnowMatrix) Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 7.3" Marquette, MI: 6.0" Multiple Locations, NC: 5.0" Tazewell, VA: 5.0" Frostburg, MD: 2.1"

More lake-effect is on the way for the Northeast on Thursday and Friday: