BuffaloWeather Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 33.3 degrees here with light rain. Heavy snow Holiday Valley. http://www.holidayvalley.com/HolidayValley/mediagallery.aspx?tab=webCam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 33.3 degrees here with light rain. Heavy snow Holiday Valley. http://www.holidayva...aspx?tab=webCam that band near jamestown means business. We should go to snow here in the next hour or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Dunkirk down to 32 degrees with light snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 31.1 degrees no precip falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 JHW and DKK both down to 3/4SM vis. Jamestown is down to 27 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Blizzard conditions outside right now, absolutely pouring wind driven snow. Heaviest snowfall rates of the year I believe. Close to the LES band that dropped through here in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Nice. Fog and freezing drizzle here all night...now 32 and may be a shade over freezing. Blizzard conditions outside right now, absolutely pouring wind driven snow. Heaviest snowfall rates of the year I believe. Close to the LES band that dropped through here in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Blizzard conditions outside right now, absolutely pouring wind driven snow. Heaviest snowfall rates of the year I believe. Close to the LES band that dropped through here in December. same here and power is out as well... went out about half hour ago. Came back on and has been out for 10 min solid. At least 1 or 2 lightning strikes here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 OSU is that lake enhancement coming off of Erie into the Niagara Frontier, some impressive returns on radar up there with Lighting strikes? Crazy! Looks like dry slot heading into far southwestern Chat. county, might inhibit higher totals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 OSU is that lake enhancement coming off of Erie into the Niagara Frontier, some impressive returns on radar up there with Lighting strike Looks like dry slot heading into far southwestern Chat. county, might inhibit higher totals? I'm at my gfs in west Seneca and we are getting fricken rocked. Visibility just about completely zero. Power is back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 3 inches of snow on the grass, 2 inches on hard surfaces. Drifts of 5+ inches. Measured in 10+ spots in both grass and concrete surfaces. White out conditions persisting. Glad I took a nap last night so I can stay up! Gotta go to work in a few hours, 5 hour energy time! =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Blizzard-like conditions right now with the winds gusting over 40 mph and vis dropping way down with the mod snow. Tough to tell accumulations so far, but at least 2 inches here with drifts over 6 inches. Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 26 °F (-3 °C) Humidity: 88 % Wind Speed: SW 25 G 43 MPH Barometer: 29.33" (993.9 mb) Dewpoint: 23 °F (-5 °C) Wind Chill: 11 °F (-12 °C) Visibility: 0.25 mi. More Local Wx: 3 Day History: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Flipped from heavy rain to heavy snow here in Liverpool about 20 minutes ago, with temperatures tumbling...40 half hour ago to a current 32.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 What a great thing to wake up to. snowplows! I'm not even to going to attempt to measure but there's at least 2 inches here in west seneca. Heading back to Cleveland hill soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatenWx Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 While you guys are dealing with snow the stupid little line of showers and storms just came through and a rough eye estimate winds are gusting 50-55 and sustained is about 30 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 NYZ001-002-010-011-131430- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 657 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING... WIND BLOWN SNOW ON 25 TO 40 MPH WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE ACTUAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING...THERE WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE ENOUGH SNOW FOR THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE. COMPLICATING THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES. SINCE MERCURY READINGS ARE NOW WELL BELOW FREEZING...UNTREATED AREAS WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME ICE UNDER THE INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED SURFACES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 3.2 inches on Concrete. 4-5 on Grass. Drifts over 6-7 inches. Visibility half a mile. Moderate snow falling at this time, looks like some lake enhancement coming off lake erie into Erie county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catskills Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Woah. It was 41.9F less than an hour ago and 36.0F now and dropping as I watch. At first, it almost looked like the driving winds of a thunderstorm. Now we have the snow equivalent. (Make that 35.8F.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I see that line coming up from the southwest. Rare event to have arctic air sweep in from the southwest... After a night around or a little below 32, things mixed up ahead of the arctic front and it is up to 36. The front should be here within an hour. Woah. It was 41.9F less than an hour ago and 36.0F now and dropping as I watch. At first, it almost looked like the driving winds of a thunderstorm. Now we have the snow equivalent. (Make that 35.8F.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Woke up to another 2 inches, total so far 6 inches. I left home under heavy freezing rain which just changed over to sleet. Roads are a mess!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Average snowfall measurement here is 3",with some 6" drifts in some spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Sooo hard to measure the snow. I'd say 3-4" average depth here. Some drifts are over a foot. Snow is still coming down heavy with visibility under 1/4mi. Drove from my girlfriends in West Seneca to my house in Cheektowaga in what would usually be a 15-20 minute drive. It took me from 7:15 to 9:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 KBUF reporting heavy snow now for 5 hours straight. http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KBUF.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Heavy snow in Ottawa now....low visibility... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 BUF just issued warnings for E. L. Ontario counties: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 948 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 NYZ006-007-132300- /O.UPG.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0001.120113T1448Z-120114T0900Z/ /O.UPG.KBUF.LE.A.0002.120113T2100Z-120114T2300Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN 948 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES TODAY AND 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT. STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE AROUND 30 TODAY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TODAY AND LAKE ENHANCED SNOW TONIGHT ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIVING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ Special Weather Statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Heavy snow in Ottawa now....low visibility... Overperforming event down here, it seems to me....so hang on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Flash freeze here as rain showers turned to heavy snow for short time...now a lighter snow shower. It dropped about .4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorizer Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I'm indoors at a conference at the Desmond with no windows until 1:30, so I really appreciate the update!! Flash freeze here as rain showers turned to heavy snow for short time...now a lighter snow shower. It dropped about .4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steffen Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Sooo hard to measure the snow. I'd say 3-4" average depth here. Some drifts are over a foot. Snow is still coming down heavy with visibility under 1/4mi. Drove from my girlfriends in West Seneca to my house in Cheektowaga in what would usually be a 15-20 minute drive. It took me from 7:15 to 9:00. Finally looks like winter here! Measurements impossible. Continued moderate snow and very strong winds here in downtown at the waterfront. This is pretty much what I imagine a Blizzard to be like. Roads are terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Finally looks like winter here! Measurements impossible. Continued moderate snow and very strong winds here in downtown at the waterfront. This is pretty much what I imagine a Blizzard to be like. Roads are terrible. Roads are worse than any storm last year except for the December 1st-3rd event in the southtowns. It's downright horrible outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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