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Just perfect conditions we did around 6 miles of trails out of a possible 18/19. Going to go back to do the other ones. They have different ratings. Green (Easy) Blue (Moderate) and Black (Difficult). Similar to downhill skiing

Went cross country skiing in Alleghany for the first time. That place must have the best cross country in NYS? Was incredible.

Yeah I wouldn't recommend snowmobiling as they are quite heavy. But along hamburg shorelines, its solid ice probably 4-6" thick.

As someone that has been following lake Erie ice for 15 yrs those maps were wrong. That's not clear ice as evident by the slush on the edges of the real ice sheets. The 2 days later image is because both of those nights had negative lows. Once the freezing process starts it freezes rapidly. However, that above image is not "clear" ice, its water temp at 32 and at beginning stages of icing. Never use maps for lake ice, always use satellite images. Many have used those ice maps in forecasting lake effect snow events and have been quite wrong due to their inaccuracy. For example, last February NWS had no watches/warnings due to maps showing 85% ice coverage. 3' later and they corrected themselves. For Example

You'll get your wish soon enough

The way it went this year with the few warm days melted the snow on top and refroze. Its a good year to find clean ice.

I think everything is 3-4" thick going out at least a few thousand feet. That ice looks to be south of here near the Dunkirk pier? But you can pretty safely ice skate now almost anywhere along the immediate shore line.

Want to get out there and ice skate before a warm up. Its definitely thick enough to skate on

Its still a new toy. I shoveled that driveway for 2 years used to take hours now takes 20 minutes.

GFS has a weird storm there just kind of wobbles for a few days.

I love snowblowing, a little video I put together. Bought this last year and went through this wet/dense snow with ease.

March 15th is my cut off date. Unless there is a big dog snowstorm coming I cheer for warmth and sun. Nov 1st-March 15th I cheer for cold and snow. I got strict guidelines.

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... While temperatures will average above normal for much of this period...a pattern change from one of a progressive flow to a more highly amplified blocking one will lead to lower mercury readings as we head from Friday into the ensuing weekend. The culprit for this will be the building of a west coast ridge that will lock in a +PNA pattern as we head into the middle of the month. This supports the 6 to 10 and 8 to 14 day temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center which suggests below normal temperatures of our region for much of the middle of the month. Given the return of a locked in longwave trough over the eastern conus...we can look forward to a higher potential for lake snows and more frequent frontal passages from clipper systems.

There will be snow chances with these temp outlooks.

After this cold Jan/Feb hoping for March 2012.

Picked up another 1.3" overnight. Final storm total 14.4". 74.2" season total.

I think Perrysburg after todays snow goes over 20" for event. Also a higher one from Elma in southtowns ...Erie County... Elma Center 0.7 SE 15.0 in 0900 AM 02/04 COCORAHS

Storm totals were 10-18" across WNY. Here is a weenie drift in my backyard, 6 foot fence.

Weenie drifts in the backyard, 6 foot fence.

13.1" storm total. Finally stopped snowing. Average snow depth is 16-17"

That's some 2" per stuff across Boston Hills

First flakes flew around 10:30 on Weds night, still snowing at almost 2 Pm on Friday.