Lake Effect Supersquall!

[George Kourounis]

We just had an epic lake effect snow squall event up here. 76cm of snow (30 inches) came down in 24 hours in the southern part of Ontario. And in some places, it's still snowing!

Roads shut down, cars buried... Total chaos.
This was the most snow I've ever seen come down in one event.

More pictures Here:
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Snow_Blizzards/2008_11_21_Supersquall/2008_11_21_Supersquall.html

 

[Joel Wright]

Holy crap! That's a lot of snow. Kind of cool to see that much snow had fallen with such light winds.

 

[Steve Miller TX]

For a 24 hour snowfall, that's pretty impressive. Seeing the cars literally buried in snow is awesome. Out of curiosity George, was there any thundersnow with this event?

 

[Mike Kovalchick]

Definately an impressive storm! The Lake effect machine in Northern Michigan wasn't nearly so interesting although a few very narrow band dropped some 5" amounts in a couple of hours.

Note: I did notice that the Canadian Lightning detection system showed some activity over Southern Lake Huron during the storm.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/lightning/index_e.html

 

[Gerrit Gulden]

wow, you guys got pounded for sure. I wished I could experience snow like that here in Idaho. Good luck digging out. Thanks for sharing the photos...

-gerrit

 

[Thomas Spence]

Wow! You guys got pounded! That's a lot of snow for 24 hours!

 

[James Reynolds]

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Fantastic photos there George, especially the car dealership. Out of this world. What I'd give to experience a snowfall like that!