ayuud11 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Temps down to 33F at my location,looking at the latest RAP it drops temps below 32F after 2am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Heavy freezing rain here now. Cars are iced over, starting to accumulate on trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 That northeast wind has really picked up on the Niagara Frontier...gusting to 30 mph at KBUF now. Long as that keeps up, surface temps will likely remain below freezing for the duration of the overnight period. Still 33F at my location in Orchard Park. We'll see if the sub-freezing layer can wedge itself down into the south towns over the next 1-2 hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Places just north and west of Toronto are going to be in for an apocalyptic ice storm. Probably a once in 100 year storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 WOW a lot of streets are flooded in the city,i couldn't even get on the 33 it was closed and route 198 was flooded up to my car door no joke! temps are currently 31F and there is ice accumulation all over the trees and any elevated surface.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 We did end up with some very minor icing here in Orchard Park, but it's back up to 34F now so the icing is done. I'll be interested to hear reports from the north towns this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Check out the incredibly tight thermal gradient around the region: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Quite an impressive temperature gradient in the Hudson valley as well with 32F in Albany and 65F and Poughkeepsie right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 About 1/2"-3/4" ice accumulation here. Some limbs down in my neighborhood, but power lines are holding up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Looks like about 27K without power in the North Country, about 20K on the Niagara Frontier: https://www1.nationalgridus.com/PowerOutageMap-NY-RES?ng=us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Looks like about 27K without power in the North Country, about 20K on the Niagara Frontier: https://www1.nationalgridus.com/PowerOutageMap-NY-RES?ng=us Wow, any pics from your area? I might actually be in Amherst this afternoon, but I'm not sure the ice will hold on until then. The frontal boundary is surging north again. Our temperature just rocketed from 36F to 52F in about 20 minutes, and it's still climbing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Up to 57F now, which is crazy considering it is still 38F in the village of Orchard Park. A near 20F range within the borders of a single town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velouria13 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Melting has begun in Snyder. Very drippy in the yard. Power out across the street sue to three foot diameter tree snapping onto backyard lines. No tree damage here, but we were vacuuming water out of the basement at 4 am. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/velouria13/crackle.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/velouria13/icy.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Melting has begun in Snyder. Very drippy in the yard. Power out across the street sue to three foot diameter tree snapping onto backyard lines. No tree damage here, but we were vacuuming water out of the basement at 4 am. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/velouria13/crackle.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/velouria13/icy.jpg Thanks for the pictures and welcome to the forums! Yeah you guys were right all along with the possible ice from Buffalo North, my parents had about .25-. of ice in Amherst. Ayudd looks like the GEM was right all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Up to 57F now, which is crazy considering it is still 38F in the village of Orchard Park. A near 20F range within the borders of a single town. That's insane...Those type of gradients you only ever see in Lake Effect Snow Bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Wow 1.1" of ice, temperature sitting at 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velouria13 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks for the pictures and welcome to the forums! Yeah you guys were right all along with the possible ice from Buffalo North, my parents had about .25-. of ice in Amherst. Ayudd looks like the GEM was right all along. Thanks! I lurk a lot. I should probably post more. There are eight power and tree trucks across the street. I can see a three foot tree snapped in half in a backyard over there, but there must be more with all the trucks. We have power, they don't. Normally it's the other way around with these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Just got home from familes house in Lockport and there is significant icing there with numerous large tree branches and powerlines down, even seen a couple trees snapped right in half, sort of reminds me of the October storm. Several roads closed as well. Id guess AT LEAST 1/2" of ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 A very impressive 1-hour swing in temperatures in Albany: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 A very impressive 1-hour swing in temperatures in Albany: Definitely impressive. I noticed some gusty winds at the time though the temperature here (west of the airport but still in the valley) only rose to 40F. The cold air in damming events usually seems to be harder to erode for locations closer to the Helderberg escarpment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwx Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Penn Yan has had similar swings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENYsnow Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Definitely impressive. I noticed some gusty winds at the time though the temperature here (west of the airport but still in the valley) only rose to 40F. The cold air in damming events usually seems to be harder to erode for locations closer to the Helderberg escarpment. And now ALB is back down to 37.. amazing how a northerly breeze can drop the temperature 15 degrees in a half hour. I'm not complaining though as it's keeping our snowpack around a little longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Clouds moving in at ralph earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 We topped out at 60F here at 1100' on the Orchard Park/Boston line today. I drove from my location to East Aurora then up to Lancaster around noon today and it was 60F here, 46F in East Aurora, and 36F in Lancaster. By the time I left Lancaster the true "cold" front had passed through, and everyone had uniformly mixed out into the low 40s. Very interesting temperature day in Western NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Meso models hinting at a convergence zone setting up across western New York tomorrow...potentially setting up right over the Metro first thing in the morning, then oscillating back and forth between the south towns and ski country for a good part of the day. I think our biggest issue to overcome will be a lack of moisture in the dendritic growth layer (DGL) which could make for inefficient snow growth and potentially even some -FZDZ at times, but if moisture increases in the DGL some spots could squeeze out an inch of snow tomorrow. Obviously that isn't much, but it'd be nice to whiten the ground again in time for Christmas. The more interesting potential might be on Tuesday when the NAM (and other meso models) have occasionally hinted at a mesolow feature taking shape over Lake Erie and bringing locally heavy snowfall to Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties. This could be a nice Christmas Eve surprise for some as snow growth should be excellent with a deep moist dendritic growth layer yielding SW ratios of 20:1 or even 30:1. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this turns into a 3-6"/4-7" event for some, but it will be pretty far south. If Buffalo has a prayer of squeezing out a White Christmas, it pretty much has to happen tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Wow, any pics from your area? I might actually be in Amherst this afternoon, but I'm not sure the ice will hold on until then. The frontal boundary is surging north again. Our temperature just rocketed from 36F to 52F in about 20 minutes, and it's still climbing... I was in Amherst this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Lake Erie up to 36 degrees. Near normal for the day, cannot believe how much the Lake recovered from the rain and the warmup. I'd say it was worth! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Lake Erie up to 36 degrees. Near normal for the day, cannot believe how much the Lake recovered from the rain and the warmup. I'd say it was worth! =) Meh, I would've preferred not coming home in time for the epic thaw. It was much prettier when I was here at Thanksgiving. Hoping we can catch the northern fringe of the mesolow feature here in OP tomorrow morning, and it looks like there could be somewhat better potential for an LES event on Thursday before I pull out of town. If not, it looks like my lucky streak has been broken... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Had no snow but a few leftover piles when I went to bed. Cannot see the grass now. Were gonna have a white christmas. yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Also what is this?!?! >8 chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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