lake effect snow

[echo4747]

View from Buffalo looking south along the Lake Erie shoreline: Downtown Buffalo just a dusting of snow 15 miles south I have 42in of snow in the past 13-14 hrs:

 

[BoomerD]

 

[lozina]

Looks like a pyroclastic flow is engulfing the city

 

[HN]

 

[GagHalfrunt]

That picture is freaky. I thought you were totally bullshitting with that claim of 42", but a quick check of the news shows that you're not. Some areas can expect more than five feet before this event is done.

 

[Drako]

I'm so glad I don't live in that area anymore.

It was fun growing up there as a little kid, but now I shudder just thinking about just removing all the snow just to get out of the house.

 

[amicold]

View from Buffalo looking south along the Lake Erie shoreline: Downtown Buffalo just a dusting of snow 15 miles south I have 42in of snow in the past 13-14 hrs:

I'm about 15 miles south of downtown too and it's been piling up like mad. Funny enough my friends in tonawanda sent me a picture of 0 accumulation

 

[Drako]

I'm about 15 miles south of downtown too and it's been piling up like mad. Funny enough my friends in tonawanda sent me a picture of 0 accumulation

It's probably still raining down there.

edit: Ah, nevermind, the snow is just skirting them so far.

 

[echo4747]

That picture is freaky. I thought you were totally bullshitting with that claim of 42", but a quick check of the news shows that you're not. Some areas can expect more than five feet before this event is done.

definitely freaky... if I could drive 15-20 miles north no snow at all ... I've had this much snow before but never this much in such a short period of time . Local news is now saying that as much as 6ft is possible before this event is over. It will be interesting to see if/when the plow comes down my street if it can even push this much snow

 

[skimple]

Where's that thread with all the manly men that said they would shovel, because running a snowblower early in the morning is rude?

Y'all keep that snow right there. No need for it to come any further.

Once Lake Erie freezes, you'll be mostly done with snow for the winter, right?

 

[Anubis]

here in corning the Sun is out and we have no snow
actually there is basically no snow south of 90 along 390

 

[Anubis]

Where's that thread with all the manly men that said they would shovel, because running a snowblower early in the morning is rude?

Y'all keep that snow right there. No need for it to come any further.

Once Lake Erie freezes, you'll be mostly done with snow for the winter, right?

 

[echo4747]

Where's that thread with all the manly men that said they would shovel, because running a snowblower early in the morning is rude?

Y'all keep that snow right there. No need for it to come any further.

Once Lake Erie freezes, you'll be mostly done with snow for the winter, right?

Thats right ...once the lake freezes we only get really light/little snow (except the rare Noreaster )
I've snowblowed at 5am which was about 2 ft... then every 2hrs I snow blow about 6 additional inches each time

Lake Erie wont freeze for a while if it freezes at all

 

[DrPizza]

It's probably still raining down there.

edit: Ah, nevermind, the snow is just skirting them so far.

Usually, it doesn't rain when it's 20 to 25 degrees F. (Was 10F this morning here, 45 miles in a straight line SSE; but usually the lakes moderate the temperature this time of the year & keep it a little bit warmer as you move north.)

Cattaraugus/Allegany County border: sort of sunny - the sky is whitish from light snow being blown over, but nothing coming down to the ground. Windy, chilly.


Kind of bummed we didn't also get 42" of snow. That would have been fun.


edit: whoa. Now calling for 70-75" of snow in Lancaster by the end of this today? Then, perhaps another couple more feet Wednesday night? 6 feet of snow in less than 24 hours - Amazing.

 

[Drako]

Usually, it doesn't rain when it's 20 to 25 degrees F. (Was 10F this morning here, 45 miles in a straight line SSE; but usually the lakes moderate the temperature this time of the year & keep it a little bit warmer as you move north.)

Cattaraugus/Allegany County border: sort of sunny - the sky is whitish from light snow being blown over, but nothing coming down to the ground. Windy, chilly.


Kind of bummed we didn't also get 42" of snow. That would have been fun.


edit: whoa. Now calling for 70-75" of snow in Lancaster by the end of this today? Then, perhaps another couple more feet Wednesday night? 6 feet of snow in less than 24 hours - Amazing.

LOL, I know, I thought the cold front had not passed through there yet.

I grow up on the Lockport area, and I remember a couple of winters when the snow actually drifted up to the eaves on one side of the house. My brothers and I would climb up onto the roof and dive into the snow drift.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Hehehe, I used to live in Rochester. So glad I don't live there anymore.

Go Bills!

 

[who?]

Aunt Margaret in Buffalo had a radiant floor installed in her TV room and that's where she spends the winter.

 

[Drako]

Aunt Margaret in Buffalo had a radiant floor installed in her TV room and that's where she spends the winter.

She's OK until the power goes out.

 

[echo4747]

LOL, I know, I thought the cold front had not passed through there yet.

I grow up on the Lockport area, and I remember a couple of winters when the snow actually drifted up to the eaves on one side of the house. My brothers and I would climb up onto the roof and dive into the snow drift.

Just a bit after 2pm and snowblowed for the fifth time today. snow has drifted up to the eaves on part of the front of my house. btw Lockport is snow free. Wind is picking up now and really killing visibility.. anything past 125ft you cant really see. Whats really strange is that I have a birch tree that is refusing to give up its leaves still has about 90% of its leaves still on the branches

 

[Iron Woode]

I hate lake effect snow.

here is what happened last time we were hit with serious lake effect snow:

 

[DrPizza]

I hate lake effect snow.

here is what happened last time we were hit with serious lake effect snow:

I think they had that much snow 2 feet ago.

 

[96Firebird]

Not much here, just about an inch. Sunny skies too!

 

[purbeast0]

that is a bad ass picture OP.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

View from Buffalo looking south along the Lake Erie shoreline: Downtown Buffalo just a dusting of snow 15 miles south I have 42in of snow in the past 13-14 hrs:

Brief video of that picture. Holy crap!

http://www.weather.com/news/commute...-indiana-ohio-wisconsin-pennsylvania-20141118


Snow was so heavy in some places that even snow plows were getting stuck. In West Seneca, New York, 10 of the city's 22 snow plows were reportedly stuck out on roads.

 

[tsupersonic]

I'm an hour east and we got maybe 2-3 inches? But the roads here aren't plowed well. Thankfully I have AWD and a fresh set of winter tires, so it's working quite well. Drive carefully and be safe everyone