Shape of Lake Ontario generates white-out blizzards, study shows

Shape of Lake Ontario generates white-out blizzards, study shows 11/14/2017 01:00 PM EST A 6-foot-wide snow blower mounted on a tractor makes a lot of sense when you live on the Tug Hill Plateau. Tug Hill, in upstate New York, is one of the snowiest places in the Eastern U.S. and experiences some of the most intense snowstorms in the world. This largely rural region, just east of Lake Ontario, gets an average of 20 feet of snow a year. Hence the tractor-mounted snow blower. The region's massive snow totals are due to lake-effect snowstorms and, it turns out, to ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=243636&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Save Follow NSF:    Save This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111