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Tug Hill Commission Announces “Lake-Effect
Electrification” Presentation to be Held November 14
Published: October 30, 2023
at 02:30 p.m.
By: Press Release from Tug Hill Commission
Lake-Effect Electrification Presentation November 14
WATERTOWN, NEW
YORK – The Lake-Effect
Storm Prediction and Research Center (LESPaRC) at SUNY Oswego & the NYS Tug Hill
Commission are pleased to announce a “Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE)”
workshop for local weather enthusiasts! Please join Scott Steiger, PhD,
Professor of Meteorology at SUNY Oswego for an evening presentation on the
LEE project on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. at the Sandy
Creek Town Hall (1992 Harwood Drive, Sandy Creek, NY 13145). While
interested parties are encouraged to attend in person, the presentation
will also be streamed via Zoom for a digital audience. To register for
this free event, go to www.tinyurl.com/leehybridwebinar or call the NYS
Tug Hill Commission office at (315) 785-2380.
The Lake-Effect
Electrification (LEE) project focused on weather patterns over Lake Ontario
and to the east, toward the Tug Hill region. With a lightening mapping
array, dual-polarization X-band radar, and state-of-the-art balloon
soundings, the LEE project sought to document the total lightening and
electrical structure of lake effect storms, as well as their interactions
with wind turbines. To collect this first-of-its-kind data, Dr. Steiger and
his team of twenty-two undergraduate students’ fieldwork consisted of
storm-chasing and balloon-retrieving all over Tug Hill (September 2022 to
March 2023). Join Dr. Steiger and some of his undergraduate students in
presenting some of their initial findings and sharing their experiences
conducting cutting-edge technological research in our region.
A recording of
the presentation will later be posted on the Tug Hill
Commission’s YouTube Channel.
About the
presenter: Scott Steiger, PhD, is a Full Professor of
Meteorology at the Department of Atmospheric and Geological Sciences at the
State University of New York at Oswego. He also serves as the Director of
the Lake-Effect Storm Prediction and Research Center (LESPaRC).
His professional interests are especially aligned with teaching about snow
and thunderstorms, with specialty research areas in atmospheric
electricity/lightening, radar meteorology, convective storms, and weather
forecasting. Prior to the LEE Project, Steiger also served as an
investigator for the Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLes) project from 2013-2017, focusing on examining
lake-effect snow phenomenon.
The New York
State Tug Hill Commission is a non-regulatory state agency charged with
helping local governments, organizations, and citizens shape the future of
the region, especially its environment and economy. The commission uses a
grassroots approach to build local capacity and provide technical
assistance in land use planning, community development, and natural
resource management.
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