Northern Ohio Obs/Discussion Thread

[dta1984]

Band is developing back west looks like it could sit in the northern areas for a while.

[NEOH]

I think you should be pretty good the next few hours if I remember your location right. Shift north has occurred and should level out for a while where it presently is at or drift northwards perhaps a bit but should be slower now. You should have a decent few hour window.

One thing to remember is that the trough axis at the upper levels is over us or centered slight to our west. That in itself is not helpful when looking for a NW flow. Also, HP is centered off to our SW which is already nosing in ridging just to our south, while a weak surface trough is just north of lake erie, which is helping keep the winds to our north slight north of west. Luckily we had that shortwave move through last night which helped us for a time get the snow to shift south.

 

I'm right along 322. Snow has picked back up again but it looks to be setting-up just north of here. I'll save my complaining until after the event ends.

 

You can see the trough north of the lake pressing down creating the shoreline convergence.

[FL510]

Band has veered south again and it's snowing moderately here in Chagrin.

[OhioBlizzard]

Band is developing back west looks like it could sit in the northern areas for a while.

I think its got another 3-4 hours in the location it currently is iin. Of course there will be some slight wobbling going on but it should stay 5-10 miles on either side of 322 for the next few hours. Might even get a bit stronger and approach "mega" band criteria as convergence becomes slightly better in a bit.

I'm right along 322. Snow has picked back up again but it look to be setting-up just north of here. I'll save my complaining until after the event ends.

 

You can see the trough north of the lake pressing down creating the shoreline convergence.

Yea no compaining please, thats only for the snow starved northern secondary belt folks (aka me lol) that missed out overnight by literally a couple miles lol. At least I manage 1.8" total so far, I guess better than nothing. Nice to see some members getting decent snow.

Convergence might actually increase a bit here shortly and get that band more intense. Its borderline mega band material right now, that slight boost in convergence might put it over the top.

[OHweather]

Nice. Im a bit surprised how quick things are shifting. Its occurring about an hour or 2 before I thought.

I think you should be pretty good the next few hours if I remember your location right. Shift north has occurred and should level out for a while where it presently is at or drift northwards perhaps a bit but should be slower now. You should have a decent few hour window.

One thing to remember is that the trough axis at the upper levels is over us or centered slight to our west. That in itself is not helpful when looking for a NW flow. Also, HP is centered off to our SW which is already nosing in ridging just to our south, while a weak surface trough is just north of lake erie, which is helping keep the winds to our north slightly north of west. Luckily we had that shortwave move through last night which helped us for a time get the snow to shift south.

Yeah, ridging kind of pushed the band back north but it appears pretty stable now.

There's going to be a weird double max to the snow totals...one along the eastern Lakeshore into northern Geauga County and another one near and just south of 422 stretching WNW back to the west side lakeshore with less in the middle. I see 9" fell in Garfield heights last night and 7.5" in Solon...wow.

[FL510]

5.7" so far for the event in Chagrin.

[NEOH]

Nice little battle going on between ridging to the SW and the trough across the lake. Look like the band to the N with the Lake MI connection might steal the show from the shoreline band. Hopefully we can get another push south from the trough to enhance the shoreline band.

[OhioBlizzard]

Yeah, ridging kind of pushed the band back north but it appears pretty stable now.

There's going to be a weird double max to the snow totals...one along the eastern Lakeshore into northern Geauga County and another one near and just south of 422 stretching WNW back to the west side lakeshore with less in the middle. I see 9" fell in Garfield heights last night and 7.5" in Solon...wow.

Yea those totals were impressive. Someone over on accu weather forums told me they got 11" in auburn township. You asked earlier what paying sites I have. I have accupro, do you use the animator feature at all?

[OhioBlizzard]

Nice little battle going on between ridging to the SW and the trough across the lake. Look like the band to the N with the Lake MI connection might steal the show from the shoreline band. Hopefully we can get another push south from the trough to enhance the shoreline band.

How much are you up too? looks like you have been getting pummled for the past few hours.

That band over you still has a good hour to maybe a bit more before it should start to get bumped NE. Once it starts it should be a fairly quick progression up the lakeshore. By 6-7pm, only the areas within say 5 miles of the coast should be seeing banding and by 8 or 9 it should be a done story for all of NE ohio. A quick hitter but really a fun event to track and watch and it also put down some nice snow totals. Just a guess but someone in the northern primary in the area from chesterland to chardon goes slightly over a foot in addition to probably Pierpont.

[NEOH]

How much are you up too? looks like you have been getting pummled for the past few hours.

That band over you still has a good hour to maybe a bit more before it should start to get bumped NE. Once it starts it should be a fairly quick progression up the lakeshore. By 6-7pm, only the areas within say 5 miles of the coast should be seeing banding and by 8 or 9 it should be a done story for all of NE ohio. A quick hitter but really a fun event to track and watch and it also put down some nice snow totals. Just a guess but someone in the northern primary in the area from chesterland to chardon goes slightly over a foot in addition to probably Pierpont.

 

I'm at my office in Chagrin so I'm not sure what has fallen at home. Called my wife but getting an accurate estimate isn't possible. She said it looks like 6" or so. Looking at the radar it appears that 322 has been on the Southern fringe of the band... which looks to be locked in place right now.

 

I bet the Kirtland out through Chardon area will be the jackpot area once again if this band continues to stay in place.  

 

It has been an interesting event to follow. A lot of factors at play with this one.

[OHweather]

Yea those totals were impressive. Someone over on accu weather forums told me they got 11" in auburn township. You asked earlier what paying sites I have. I have accupro, do you use the animator feature at all?

Yeah I have used the animator feature. I looked around and saw that they have a nice zoomed in streamline map of Ohio...pretty cool!

A little upset that the snow distribution was not quite what I expected. If I was at home to enjoy it would be ok, but I'm stuck trying to enjoy the 1.5" I got down here

[NEOH]

Yeah I have used the animator feature. I looked around and saw that they have a nice zoomed in streamline map of Ohio...pretty cool!

A little upset that the snow distribution was not quite what I expected. If I was at home to enjoy it would be ok, but I'm stuck trying to enjoy the 1.5" I got down here

 

I don't think anyone could have forecast the snow distribution for this event. It's all over the map. Locking in the Chardon - Thompson - Pierpont area for a foot + seems a like a good bet with most events.

[OHweather]

I don't think anyone could have forecast the snow distribution for this event. It's all over the map. Locking in the Chardon - Thompson - Pierpont area for a foot + seems a like a good bet with most events.

Yeah, that area will probably see the higher totals out of this event but areas south and west of that area certainly did better. Then there is the issue of the snow hole on the east side between 322 and 422

[OHweather]

I wonder how that poster south of BUF is doing...looks like he's been in and out of heavy snow since yesterday morning. Western NY always finds a way to cash in it seems.

[NEOH]

Yeah, that area will probably see the higher totals out of this event but areas south and west of that area certainly did better. Then there is the issue of the snow hole on the east side between 322 and 422

 

Tell me about it! Although we probably made up some ground this morning. Imagine if we had the flow last night/today for an extended period of time like last weeks event. If only...

 

At least we have a decent base for the upcoming clipper parade. I've got a feeling this is going to be our last extended period of snowcover for the winter.

[OhioBlizzard]

Yeah I have used the animator feature. I looked around and saw that they have a nice zoomed in streamline map of Ohio...pretty cool!

A little upset that the snow distribution was not quite what I expected. If I was at home to enjoy it would be ok, but I'm stuck trying to enjoy the 1.5" I got down here

There are a lot of great features in animator. The one I always use to get a good idea of the convergence is the rap 10m streamlines set on the ohio level. Not sure if that is what you are referring to ?? , but it does a pretty darn good job. Sometimes it seems to initialize a bit off, thats why I cross check it with the wind section under "current maps" and make any adjustments needed based off of how it initialized.

Yea, it was a bit of a surprise how much the southern primary got. I thought theyd have a decent window of 6 hours or so, but didn;t think the banding would be as intense as it was. I though 3-6" would be plenty there, I never expected 7,9 and even 11 inches! Of course I missed out by a few miles and ended up with just under 2 at my place lol. You got almost as much as me down there.

[NEOH]

Just took a look at CLE's spotter reports. There was a report of 5.5 in Westlake... yet 2" at the airport. That's just not possible given their proximity. Gotta love these reports.

 

It will be interesting to see what fell when I get home. Sun is out in Chagrin and the band is heading offshore.

[BuffaloWeather]

I wonder how that poster south of BUF is doing...looks like he's been in and out of heavy snow since yesterday morning. Western NY always finds a way to cash in it seems.

 

Hey, only a inch here for the event so far. The snow has been 5-10 miles south of me for the majority of this. Also, the high wind was bringing it far away from the lake front which is also not good for me. But things look to get interesting tonight. NWS just issued Lake Effect Snow Warning for all of Erie county for 6-12 inches. If the band stalls anywhere though and utizliing the entire fetch of the Lake we could get some surprise totals. In 2010 the NWS called for 6-10 and some places got 35-45 inches...

 

Latest Snowfall Reports:

 

NEW YORK...ALLEGANY COUNTY...   RUSHFORD               6.4   630 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   HOUGHTON               5.0   900 AM  2/01  POST OFFICE   CUBA                   2.5   900 AM  2/01  POST OFFICE   1 S WELLSVILLE         2.0   600 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   ALFRED                 0.6   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...   PERRYSBURG            18.0   800 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   SE WEST VALLEY        12.0   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   1 NNE FRANKLINVILLE    8.5   830 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   FRANKLINVILLE          6.0   330 AM  2/01  TRAINED SPOTTER   1 SSW FRANKLINVILLE    6.0   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   1 ENE RANDOLPH         6.0   730 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   DELEVAN                4.0   122 PM  1/31  PUBLIC   5 N ALLEGANY           3.0   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   CATTARAUGUS            3.0   216 PM  1/31  PUBLIC   1 NE OLEAN             1.6   800 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   1 WSW OLEAN            1.0   730 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER...CAYUGA COUNTY...   8 SSE AUBURN           0.3   600 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...   4 SSW RIPLEY           4.9   635 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   2 SW FORESTVILLE       2.5   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...ERIE COUNTY...   2 SE GLENWOOD          6.0   800 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   2 NE BOSTON            4.0   630 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   1 W COLDEN             2.6   730 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   2 S WALES              1.2   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   ORCHARD PARK           1.0   800 PM  1/31  FACEBOOK   2 W WEST SENECA        0.2   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   ESE KENMORE            0.1   745 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   NY BUFFALO INTL ARPT   0.1  1100 AM  2/01  ASOS   ENE EAST AURORA        0.1   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   2 SSW BLASDELL         0.1   645 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...GENESEE COUNTY...   2 NE STAFFORD          0.1   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...JEFFERSON COUNTY...   PIERREPONT MANOR       7.0  1145 PM  1/31  TRAINED SPOTTER   2 S MANNSVILLE         6.0  1200 AM  2/01  DEPT OF HIGHWAYS...LEWIS COUNTY...   1 NE PARKERS          21.0  1015 PM  1/31  FACEBOOK   WEST LEYDEN           15.0   745 AM  2/01  FACEBOOK   1 NW CONSTABLEVILLE   13.0   500 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...   PORTAGEVILLE           7.5   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   MT MORRIS              4.0   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   2 W MOUNT MORRIS       4.0   800 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   4 WSW DANSVILLE        3.2   600 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   1 ENE DANSVILLE        1.2   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   AVON                   0.9   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER...MONROE COUNTY...   ROCHESTER INTL ARPT    2.1  1100 AM  2/01  ASOS   5 WNW ROCHESTER        1.0   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   1 NW NORTH CHILI       0.5   830 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...NIAGARA COUNTY...   1 NE PENDLETON         1.6   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   1 NE LOCKPORT          1.0   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   1 NNE NORTH TONAWAND   0.7   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...ONTARIO COUNTY...   NAPLES                 2.0   700 AM  2/01  FACEBOOK   3 W GENEVA             1.3   800 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER...OSWEGO COUNTY...   2 N REDFIELD          10.0   600 AM  2/01  FACEBOOK   3 NE BENNETTS BRIDGE   9.0   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   5 ESE OSWEGO           8.2   600 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   PULASKI                8.0  1200 AM  2/01  FACEBOOK   2 SSE PALERMO          6.2   600 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   7 NNE PHOENIX          6.2   600 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   SANDY CREEK            6.0   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   FULTON                 4.8   630 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   W FULTON               4.8   640 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   1 NNW FULTON           4.1   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   SE MINETTO             3.7   800 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...WAYNE COUNTY...   2 NW PALMYRA           2.0   830 AM  2/01  COCORAHS   2 SW WALWORTH          1.1   700 AM  2/01  COCORAHS...WYOMING COUNTY...   6 SW WARSAW           10.5   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   2 W WARSAW            10.0   743 AM  2/01  TRAINED SPOTTER   3 N SILVER SPRINGS     7.0   700 AM  2/01  CO-OP OBSERVER   PERRY                  5.5  1030 PM  1/31  TRAINED SPOTTER

 

 

Highest off Erie has been 18 inches, off Ontario 21 inches.

 

Latest Warning:

 

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO10 PM EST SATURDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECTSNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PMEST SATURDAY.* LOCATIONS...BUFFALO METRO AREA AND NORTHTOWNS.* TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY EVENING.* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOST  PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES LATE  TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.* VISIBILITIES...BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.* IMPACTS...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY DIFFICULT  TRAVEL WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY AND DEEP SNOW COVER ON ROADS.

[OhioBlizzard]

I don't think anyone could have forecast the snow distribution for this event. It's all over the map. Locking in the Chardon - Thompson - Pierpont area for a foot + seems a like a good bet with most events.

The part that really got me was how the southwest side of Cleveland did so good. Westlake got nearly half a foot!

I wonder how that poster south of BUF is doing...looks like he's been in and out of heavy snow since yesterday morning. Western NY always finds a way to cash in it seems.

Took a quick glance at buffalos page. Erie county didnt report much unless you were in the far southern part of the county. I'd guess maybe 2-4 in his locale, but i could be wrong, didn't really look into it with much detail. The southern tier got at least 18" in spots though.

Tell me about it! Although we probably made up some ground this morning. Imagine if we had the flow last night/today for an extended period of time like last weeks event. If only...

 

At least we have a decent base for the upcoming clipper parade. I've got a feeling this is going to be our last extended period of snowcover for the winter.

I too am worried that this may be our last period of solid winter weather that lasts for more than a week. Long range is pretty up in the air right now after middle of next week. With our luck, it will be western glcs the rest of the winter .

[Speedskater]

Just my luck! Appears my area was destroyed by a very narrow band. I90 looks a mess on the west side. Probably 8"

It must have been a very narrow band!  At Lakewood Park (just 2 miles west) on Thursday we got a good 1/4 inch but it quickly disappeared (the daytime high was 26F). Today (Friday) we only got about 2 inches (eyeballed).

[OHweather]

There are a lot of great features in animator. The one I always use to get a good idea of the convergence is the rap 10m streamlines set on the ohio level. Not sure if that is what you are referring to ?? , but it does a pretty darn good job. Sometimes it seems to initialize a bit off, thats why I cross check it with the wind section under "current maps" and make any adjustments needed based off of how it initialized.

Yea, it was a bit of a surprise how much the southern primary got. I thought theyd have a decent window of 6 hours or so, but didn;t think the banding would be as intense as it was. I though 3-6" would be plenty there, I never expected 7,9 and even 11 inches! Of course I missed out by a few miles and ended up with just under 2 at my place lol. You got almost as much as me down there.

 

Yeah, the RAP 10m streamlines zoomed on Ohio is what I was looking at. My mom's in Solon got crushed and my brother got a snow day...oh how I miss high school

Hey, only a inch here for the event so far. The snow has been 5-10 miles south of me for the majority of this. Also, the high wind was bringing it far away from the lake front which is also not good for me. But things look to get interesting tonight. NWS just issued Lake Effect Snow Warning for all of Erie county for 6-12 inches. If the band stalls anywhere though and utizliing the entire fetch of the Lake we could get some surprise totals. In 2010 the NWS called for 6-10 and some places got 35-45 inches...

Wow, I thought you were getting grazed a bit more than that. I'm not sure if the band will stall or spread the wealth tonight through at least tomorrow night. Either way should be a moderate to heavy band into WNY for at least 24 hours. With the progressive pattern I'd lean towards some wavering of the band with perhaps a brief stall into BUF proper (or perhaps slightly north) late this evening into tomorrow morning before the first clipper goes by and shifts it back south in your direction for a time. You should see 4-8"...although potential is there for over a foot if the band doesn't move around too much I agree.

[BuffaloWeather]

Yeah, the RAP 10m streamlines zoomed on Ohio is what I was looking at. My mom's in Solon got crushed and my brother got a snow day...oh how I miss high school

Wow, I thought you were getting grazed a bit more than that. I'm not sure if the band will stall or spread the wealth tonight through at least tomorrow night. Either way should be a moderate to heavy band into WNY for at least 24 hours. With the progressive pattern I'd lean towards some wavering of the band with perhaps a brief stall into BUF proper (or perhaps slightly north) late this evening into tomorrow morning before the first clipper goes by and shifts it back south in your direction for a time. You should see 4-8"...although potential is there for over a foot if the band doesn't move around too much I agree.

 

Just 10 miles south of me got a foot of snow, even 5 miles south got 6 inches. Hopefully we can make that up tonight though. 45 inches on the year so far here. While the Buffalo airport is not at 30 yet! I've seen quite a few times where events like this surprise the NWS and produce more than forecast. To be honest...Outside of the 2001 event. The Buffalo NWS never predicts more then 6-12 inches of snow. Hopefully we can get a good dosing!

 

I think the Buffalo area and a bit north is going to take the biggest hit with this. I am going to go to my parents house on the Cheektowaga/Amherst border as I think they will receive the maximum out of this. Basically 2-3 miles from the Airport.

[OHweather]

Just 10 miles south of me got a foot of snow, even 5 miles south got 6 inches. Hopefully we can make that up tonight though. 45 inches on the year so far here. While the Buffalo airport is not at 30 yet! I've seen quite a few times where events like this surprise the NWS and produce more than forecast. To be honest...Outside of the 2001 event. The Buffalo NWS never predicts more then 6-12 inches of snow. Hopefully we can get a good dosing!

 

I think the Buffalo area and a bit north is going to take the biggest hit with this. I am going to go to my parents house on the Cheektowaga/Amherst border as I think they will receive the maximum out of this. Basically 2-3 miles from the Airport.

I think we are in agreement on the best chance of the band stalling is near or just north of Buffalo. Good luck. If we didn't have a system going by moving the winds around I'd feel more comfortable with 12"+ amounts in western New York over a narrow area.

[NEOH]

Got home and measured only 3-4 inches of dust like snow. Not a great event imby. From 422 north to 322 was the snow hole. Looked like only inch or two around chagrin and 271.

Looking forward to a few snowy days ahead to put the cap on this winter.

[BuffaloWeather]

I think we are in agreement on the best chance of the band stalling is near or just north of Buffalo. Good luck. If we didn't have a system going by moving the winds around I'd feel more comfortable with 12"+ amounts in western New York over a narrow area.

 

Thanks! Getting 2-3 inches per hour with a temperature of 16 degrees. 35 dbz returns showing up at this temperature is impressive. I can barely see my hand in front of my face. If this thing remains this strength and stalls out anywhere someone will be buried under feet of snow and add another classic SW flow to the history books! Lets hope! I will be traveling to my parents house in Amherst tomorrow and spending the day there so hopefully I can stay in the band for the entire duration!

[OHweather]

Thanks! Getting 2-3 inches per hour with a temperature of 16 degrees. 35 dbz returns showing up at this temperature is impressive. I can barely see my hand in front of my face. If this thing remains this strength and stalls out anywhere someone will be buried under feet of snow and add another classic SW flow to the history books! Lets hope! I will be traveling to my parents house in Amherst tomorrow and spending the day there so hopefully I can stay in the band for the entire duration!

That band is a machine right now...Dews at Dunkirk are several degrees higher than BUF...ERI...Jamestown and Ashtabula. Dunkirk also sitting in the mid 20's under the band so the lift under the band is probably pushing the snow growth zone into the cloud layer. Winds south of the band are strait up southwest...winds at BUF slightly north of due west...so this band is a machine.

The band looks like it is still shifting north...surface pressures still rising to the south of the band so I think it will orient itself right over BUF or perhaps just north by later tonight...we'll see how long it sits...plenty of ambient moisture...full fetch of the lake and 850mb temps remaining sub -16C tomorrow, so the band should keep going. I think it may waffle back south tomorrow afternoon as the first shortwave goes by...then shift back north tomorrow (Saturday) night ahead of the next clipper...before going back south on Sunday. If it stalls for several hours each time over the north side of BUF that area could get hammered...although the south towns where you are will be in and out...I still like 4-8" for you well south of BUF but am thinking 12-18" could be fairly doable for BUF.

[BuffaloWeather]

That band is a machine right now...Dews at Dunkirk are several degrees higher than BUF...ERI...Jamestown and Ashtabula. Dunkirk also sitting in the mid 20's under the band so the lift under the band is probably pushing the snow growth zone into the cloud layer. Winds south of the band are strait up southwest...winds at BUF slightly north of due west...so this band is a machine.

The band looks like it is still shifting north...surface pressures still rising to the south of the band so I think it will orient itself right over BUF or perhaps just north by later tonight...we'll see how long it sits...plenty of ambient moisture...full fetch of the lake and 850mb temps remaining sub -16C tomorrow, so the band should keep going. I think it may waffle back south tomorrow afternoon as the first shortwave goes by...then shift back north tomorrow (Saturday) night ahead of the next clipper...before going back south on Sunday. If it stalls for several hours each time over the north side of BUF that area could get hammered...although the south towns where you are will be in and out...I still like 4-8" for you well south of BUF but am thinking 12-18" could be fairly doable for BUF.

 

5 inches in 2 hours here still snowing incredibly hard!

[OHweather]

5 inches in 2 hours here still snowing incredibly hard!

Certainly taking its time to move north...BUF finally reporting snow. Looks like its close to finally wobbling north of you but man radar confirms it has been absolutely dumping on the south towns. Similar to what happened in southern Cuyahoga County this morning...4-8" of snow in just a few hours.

[lakeeffectkid383]

Certainly taking its time to move north...BUF finally reporting snow. Looks like its close to finally wobbling north of you but man radar confirms it has been absolutely dumping on the south towns. Similar to what happened in southern Cuyahoga County this morning...4-8" of snow in just a few hours.

hey OHweather I live just east of BuffaloWeather in Orchard Park,NY. I used to talk to you all the time on the accuweather forums years ago under the name snowmaninbuffalo. BuffaloWeather sure is right its been dumping here for the past 3 hours. Closing in on half a foot since about 10pm. Band is just about to move out of here us southtowners and give Buffalo a good pounding! Hoping to end up with 8-10" here by the time all is said and done late tomorrow night which I think is doable given what we already have gotten the past 3 hours. Even if this band doesnt stall I think with the full fetch of the lake and some frictional convergence someone around or just north of BUF is gonna pick up 18".

[OHweather]

hey OHweather I live just east of BuffaloWeather in Orchard Park,NY. I used to talk to you all the time on the accuweather forums years ago under the name snowmaninbuffalo. BuffaloWeather sure is right its been dumping here for the past 3 hours. Closing in on half a foot since about 10pm. Band is just about to move out of here us southtowners and give Buffalo a good pounding! Hoping to end up with 8-10" here by the time all is said and done late tomorrow night which I think is doable given what we already have gotten the past 3 hours. Even if this band doesnt stall I think with the full fetch of the lake and some frictional convergence someone around or just north of BUF is gonna pick up 18".

Hey, nice to talk to you again! Yeah, will be interesting to see what happens in BUF and just north as the band should stabilize there until the little shortwave rotates through later today. It's certainly coming down heavier off the east end of the lake then it was in the Cleveland metro Friday morning, which is fairly typical.