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Overview

The Winter Storm on December 1st fittingly began on Meteorological Winter. The surface low began to develop over the Lower MS River Valley and into the southern Appalachian Range in the early morning hours of November 30th. The low then began to strengthen as it tracked up the east coast. A secondary low tacked northeast along the western side of the Appalachians bringing moderate to heavy snow at times to the OH Valley. Even after, these twin lows tracked into upstate NY, wrap around moisture and enhanced lake effect kept accumulating snow falling over the forecast area overnight from the evening of the 30th through the entire day of the 1st of December. The National Weather Service Office in Moon Township recorded a storm total of 6.8 inches of snow from this event and was the most snow recorded on this date since 1974! The most snow recorded was in Jamestown in Mercer County with a measurement of 15 inches!

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NWS Pittsburgh Moon Township 

(Credit Jared Rackley)

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