At a Glance

Lake-effect snow brought localized accumulations exceeding a foot downwind of the Great Lakes snowbelts.Strong, gusty winds lead to whiteout conditions in the most intense snow bands.An intense lake band brought thundersnow and whiteouts to Buffalo Dec. 14 and Oswego, New York, Dec. 15.

Heavy lake-effect snow pounded the Great Lakes snowbelts from central New York to Upper Michigan one week after buried some of the same snowbelt locations.

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The coldest air mass of the season also swept through this region, setting the stage for a multi-day siege of lake-effect snow.

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One intense lake band dropped over the Cleveland metro area early Dec. 15, producing snow rates from 1-2 inches per hour in time for the morning commute. Up to 8.5 inches of snow was measured on the city's west side Thursday morning.

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Another intense lake snow band was hammering parts of central New York early Dec. 15. , on the campus of SUNY Oswego.

, a notorious snowbelt location downwind of Lake Ontario. Carthage, New York, about 15 miles east of Watertown, picked up 25 inches, as of Dec. 15– this was the top reported total in New York state from this lake-effect event.

and were reported again on the afternoon of Dec. 15 in Oswego, New York, on the SUNY Oswego campus. in the core of the lake band. , just east of Oswego.

After the heavy snow squall buried Oswego, it shifted southward into the Syracuse area just in time for the evening commute on Dec. 15.

Whiteouts were reported on area highways, due to blowing and drifting snow, as well as falling heavy snow. Winds gusted as high as 47 mph at Syracuse Hancock International Airport late Thursday afternoon.

. There were 6.1 inches of snow measured in Syracuse on Dec. 15.

Conditions were so treacherous in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that. SaultSte. Marie picked up 11 inches of snow in 18 hours.

Thundersnow was reported at Buffalo Niagara International Airport on the afternoon and evening of Dec. 14 as an intense lake band moved over the city. Lackawanna, a suburb just south of Buffalo, picked up 5 inches of snow in just 90 minutes from that heavy band.

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Whiteout conditions were reported all across the Buffalo metro area, making for a dangerous commute home. A total of 9.6 inches of snow were measured in Buffalo on Dec. 14.

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Brandon Grimes, from left, 9, Braeden Beasley, 8, and Austin Ricks, 4, have a snowball fight in Asbury, Iowa, on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016. The Dubuque, Iowa, area received 4 inches of snow overnight, less than forecasters had expected. (Nicki Kohl/Telegraph Herald via AP)