In parts of New York and Pennsylvania, 14 to 24 inches of snow has already covered parts of the region, and more snow is expected to fall on Wednesday. More than 1,000 people remain under lake-effect snow warnings.
Constableville, New York, reported 2 feet of fresh snow by Tuesday evening.
This winter, the town received 116 inches (nearly 10 feet) of snow. Martinsburg, New York, received 18 inches of fresh snow, while Irving, New York, reported 14.4 inches of snow.
As predicted, most of the snowfall was concentrated south of Buffalo, around Erie, Pennsylvania, and off the coast of Lake Ontario south of Watertown, New York.
More than 5.5 feet of snow has fallen in Watertown so far this season.
This recent snow started late Monday night and continued to fall throughout Tuesday.
of New York State Highway Department A strong lake-effect snow band was reported Tuesday afternoon that impacted travel south of Buffalo.
Further lake-effect snow is expected in these areas on Wednesday.
A lake-effect snow warning is set to expire late Wednesday night, but another weather system could bring more snow to the same area that has seen the most snow in the country so far this winter.
These lake-effect phenomena often result in heavy snowstorms and create poor driving conditions such as poor visibility and periods of high winds.
A video of FOX Weather and Storm Tracker Cory Gerken shows him rescuing a semi-truck stuck in the snow just before noon Tuesday near State Route 20 near Irving, New York.
FOX Weather Storm Tracker Brandon Copic reported near-white conditions near Angola, New York, during a similar time on Tuesday.
FOX Weather meteorologist Britta Merwin said Wednesday morning that the snow bands are forming in a different pattern than they were earlier in the week.
Radar showed lake-effect snow blowing in a more southeasterly direction off Lake Erie and Lake Ontario Wednesday morning.
A winter weather warning is in effect for Wednesday in Syracuse, New York, where snow rapidly fell off the coast of Lake Ontario on Tuesday.
Merwin said brief squalls from this event could reach parts of central Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey by Wednesday.
This is the region's fourth major lake-effect snow event of the season, with a band of snow that formed during the morning rush hour just south of Buffalo in mid-December on Interstate 90. This included causing multiple collisions and traffic jams along the route.
A common pattern this winter is that along I-90, a band of the heaviest snowfall and heaviest lake-effect snow extends diagonally toward Erie, Pennsylvania.
According to the National Weather Service, Erie has received 86.1 inches of snow this season, while Buffalo has seen significantly less snowfall at 29.7 inches.
This same lake-effect snow event is expected to bring snow to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the state's western coast along Lake Michigan.
Petoskey, Michigan, in the northern part of the state, recorded 11 inches of snow between Monday and Tuesday.
As this lake-effect event tapers off late Wednesday night, a clipper system could bring more snow to the region late Thursday into early Friday.
