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Upstate NY / North Country - now on to Summer 2011


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I'll be a freshman meteorology student at Cornell University this fall. Anyone know any good resources or information on Ithaca and local weather patterns and such? Thanks!

I would contact NWS BGM...I sure they have data.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/bgm/

I don't know how well these will work for you.

http://www.nrcc.corn...climate/ithaca/

http://weather.glads....net/site/C5530

http://www.almanac.c...y/zipcode/14850

http://www.citytowni...new-york/ithaca

http://www.go-new-yo...-Water-Rafting/

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Well...TBH, my observations are that Ithaca isn't in the greatest spot for snow due to being down in that hole by Cayuga Lake relative to the plateaus around it, plus not in a great trajectory for LES off either lake. That being said - you will certainly get a much better winter than around Harrisburg. :) Cornell is up on a hill over the city some and that may help, but I tend to go to Downtown Ithaca for work on occasion so that's my experience. You drive east a bit onto the high ground toward Dryden and it always seems like the snow is much better.

I'll be a freshman meteorology student at Cornell University this fall. Anyone know any good resources or information on Ithaca and local weather patterns and such? Thanks!

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EF-2 confirmed in Wayne and Cayuga Counties...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR SAVANNAH - CONQUEST IN WAYNE AND CAYUGA
COUNTIES COUNTY NEW YORK...

LOCATION...SAVANNAH - CONQUEST IN WAYNE AND CAYUGA COUNTIES COUNTY
NEW YORK
DATE...AUGUST 21, 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...315PM - 335PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...115 TO 120 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YDS.
PATH LENGTH...11 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...43.10N / 76.75W
ENDING LAT/LON...43.12N / 76.55W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SAVANNAH IN WAYNE COUNTY AND MOVED TOWARD THE
EAST AS FAR AS CONQUEST IN CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK ON AUGUST 21,
2011.

NATIONAL WEATHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BUFFALO NEW YORK CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN EASTERN WAYNE AND
NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES AS A RESULT OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT MOVED
THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THE ASSESSMENT CONCLUDED THAT AN EF2 TORNADO STRUCK EASTERN WAYNE
AND NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH RANGED FROM
NUMEROUS STANDS OF LARGE TREES SNAPPED HALFWAY UP THEIR TRUNKS...TO
OVER A DOZEN POWER POLES TAKEN DOWN...TO ENTIRE ROOFS REMOVED FROM
TWO HOMES. SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS INCLUDING BARNS WERE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED. ONE EYEWITNESS REPORTED SEEING TWO FUNNELS, ONE WHICH
MOVED ACROSS A HOME TAKING OFF ITS ROOF.

BASED ON ALL OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM THE SURVEY,

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/BUF.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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NIZIOL/HAMILTON/FISHER

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