ayuud11 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The sun is out and we just had a gust close to 50mph,full blown ground blizzard out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Just as bad right now as it was last night. Insane out there right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I'd estimate the band across the south towns is producing 1 inch per hour snowfall rates. The one north of the city 2 inch per hour rates. The one across the Tug 3-4+ inch per hour rates. I can back that last statement about snowfall rates at the Tug. Visibility down to around 0 with snowfall of 3.5"/hr. This is courtesy of OWLeS. They are getting some amazing data up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coh Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The double-banded structure on the Erie band (assuming the Buffalo radar is representative) is quite interesting. I haven't paid enough attention to Erie bands over the years (because they generally don't impact my area much) to know how common this type of setup is, whether it's more common with stronger winds and/or an increasingly ice-covered lake. Any thoughts? The 1 km visible images I've seen on the cod website suggest that more than half of the lake may be ice covered at this point, though it's impossible to be sure... Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 It's either too north or too south lol i can't catch a break here,it should be stationary for couple hours and then drift southwards.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Getting suited up to take a long walk in this to record more video. Wish me luck. Planning on being out there for 20 or so minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... -- Changed Discussion -- ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING COUNTIES...ALOFT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A DEEP AND COLD LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN US...WITH SEVERAL SHORTWAVES RIDING THROUGH THIS TROUGH. ONE SUCH SHORTWAVE IS NOW ENTERING THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY DISPLAYS LAKE SNOWS OFF ALL GREAT LAKES. WIND FLOW IS SUCH THAT LAKE ERIE MOISTURE IS FEEDING INTO THE LAKE ONTARIO BAND THIS AFTERNOON. THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD THE CORE OF THE COLD AIR...ALONG WITH THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD...WITH TEMPERATURES AT 850 HPA WARMING FROM -21/22C THIS LATE AFTERNOON TO -16/-18C BY LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE WILL CONTINUE THE WIND CHILL WARNINGS SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THROUGH THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND EVEN LASTING INTO THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER. AFTER WHICH WINDS WILL LIGHTEN SOME...AND WITH THE WARMING ALOFT OUR AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO RISE ENDING THE THREAT OF THE DANGEROUS LOW WIND CHILLS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OFF BOTH GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE TIME PERIOD. OUTSIDE OF THESE LAKE BANDS JUST A FEW STRAY SNOW FLURRIES FLURRIES UNDER THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. OFF LAKE ERIE...EXPECT THE SNOW BAND...WHICH IS ALONG LAKE ERIE AND INLAND ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND TOWARDS ROCHESTER TO CONTINUE IN POSITION THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. AT TIMES THIS BAND MAY SPLIT INTO TWO BANDS...AND SNOWFALL RATES WILL NOT BE OVERLY IMPRESSIVE...WITH GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS PER HOUR. HOWEVER THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE THE MORE IMPORTANT STORY WITH THESE WINDS BLOWING AND DRIFTING THE SNOW AROUND. THIS BLOWING SNOW IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW WILL BRING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR 0 MILES AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY AND EVENING HOURS. A SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON WILL CROSS JUST TO THE NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. BEHIND THIS SHORTWAVE WINDS WILL VEER SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT SUCH THAT THE SNOW BAND SHOULD DRIFT SOUTHWARD...WITH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAND CLIPPING THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. HOWEVER WINDS WILL AGAIN ALIGN FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATER OVERNIGHT...SLOWING THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE SNOW BAND...AND POSSIBLY EVEN ALLOW IT TO AGAIN OSCILLATE NORTHWARD BACK TOWARDS THE IMMEDIATE SOUTHTOWNS OF BUFFALO AND TOWARDS BATAVIA. OVERALL SNOW TOTALS TONIGHT WILL LARGELY BE IN THE HALF FOOT OR LESS. A FEW LOCALIZED AREAS UNDER PERSISTENT BANDS OF SNOW COULD PICK UP 8 INCHES OR SO OF FRESH SNOW. WHILE THESE SNOW TOTALS WILL BE NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT...AGAIN THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING TO THE SNOW SUCH THAT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE...AND WILL LEAVE THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLINED COUNTIES. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...AND LEAVE THE SNOW ADVISORY UP FOR PORTIONS OF THE GENESEE VALLEY WHERE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AS WE WARM ALOFT OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW OUR LAKE INDUCED EQUILIBRIUM LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...AND FALLING INVERSION HEIGHTS WILL ALLOW THE SNOW BAND TO WEAKEN SOME. ALSO ALLOWING THE SNOWS TO WEAKEN WILL BE EXPANDING ICE COVERAGE ON LAKE ERIE...ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN END OF THE LAKE. HOWEVER THE SNOW CRYSTAL GROWTH ZONE WILL WIDEN SOME WITH THE WARMING...AND AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE ALONG THE SHORTWAVE MAY ALLOW FOR THE SNOWFLAKES TO BECOME LARGER...WITH SNOW RATIOS RISING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW RATES TO INCREASE SOME THIS EVENING. TOMORROW LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL LIFT NORTHWARD SOME WHILE WEAKENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE A FEW INCHES. OFF LAKE ONTARIO...A HEALTHY PLUME OF LAKE EFFECT SNOWS CONTINUES ACROSS JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. HAVE HELD OFF ON ISSUING BLIZZARD WARNINGS HERE AS THE LAKE BAND IS NARROW...WITH FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON...AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT SNOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING. LIKE ITS UPSTREAM LAKE...WINDS WILL LIKELY VEER SOME LATE IN THE EVENING AND ALLOW FOR THE LAKE BAND TO DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE TUG HILL AND INTO NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY. THE 12Z NAM BUFKIT PROFILES SHOWING A GOOD PLUME OF OMEGA...UPWARD MOTION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH AMBIENT MOISTURE INCREASING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. AS THE BAND ALIGNS ALONG THE LONGER STRETCH OF LAKE ONTARIO...AND COUPLED WITH THE OROGRAPHIC UPSLOPE FEATURE...SNOWFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT...SUCH THAT AN ADDITIONAL 2 FEET OF SNOW ARE LIKELY TO FALL OVERNIGHT. OVER LAKE ONTARIO INVERSION HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...BUT LIKE LAKE ERIE THE SNOW CRYSTAL GROWTH ZONE WILL WIDEN SOME WITH THE WARMING ALOFT...AND AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE ALONG THE SHORTWAVE MAY ALLOW FOR THE SNOWFLAKES TO BECOME LARGER...WITH SNOW RATIOS RISING. THIS WILL MAINTAIN HEAVY AT TIMES LAKE SNOWS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY...WITH THE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE NORTHERN TUG HILL. AIR TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP BACK AGAIN INTO LOW SINGLE DIGITS...AND BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER...BOSTON HILLS...WYOMING HILLS AND BRISTOL HILLS REGION. TOMORROW AIR TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS COLD WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE TEENS. -- End Changed Discussion -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycStormChaser Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Amtrak Conductor: "We are experiencing delays as we approach buffalo. Weather conditions are NOT GOOD. travel conditions are NOT GOOD. We will only be exiting using one door on the entire train. It is snowing too hard to keep the entire platform clear" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Just went on a 4 mile walk. Got pulled over by the cops, but didn't get it on video. He's like where are you headed, be very careful. That's a first, pulled over while walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Passed 18 inches at 3 pm. Still snowing heavily. I have some epic video coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Can you imagine the totals here if the lake wasn't freezing so rapidly. For areas just south of Watertown. * HAZARDS...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON...MORE THAN 2 FEET TONIGHT...AND 8 TO 14 INCHES WEDNESDAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Seanick it's unfortunate you missed out on earlier,pure blizzard conditions by the exchange st amtrack station in downtown buffalo,check out the video I posted earlier not too far from your stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Flake size increasing, going to easily surpass 2 feet here. If it continues overnight into tomorrow morning we might touch 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Just went on a 4 mile walk. Got pulled over by the cops, but didn't get it on video. He's like where are you headed, be very careful. That's a first, pulled over while walking. Some knucklehead ignored the travel ban last night and hit a NYS trooper that was helping with the shutdown of 190 right by the west seneca st exit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycStormChaser Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Seanick it's unfortunate you missed out on earlier,pure blizzard conditions by the exchange st amtrack station in downtown buffalo,check out the video I posted earlier not too far from your stop! Jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Just went for a walk of my own, no video as I only took my cell phone with me and it doesn't record the greatest video. Did get some pretty decent pics. Will post shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Just went for a walk of my own, no video as I only took my cell phone with me and it doesn't record the greatest video. Did get some pretty decent pics. Will post shortly The cops didn't bother you? Hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The cops didn't bother you? Hehe nope 3 cops did pass me during my walk though. None of them said anything to me. Only seen 1 or two cars out and a tractor trailer trying to make it up the hill on buffalo road during my entire 20 minute walk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 nope 3 cops did pass me during my walk though. None of them said anything to me. Only seen 1 or two cars out and a tractor trailer trying to make it up the hill on buffalo road during my entire 20 minute walk Cool post pictures when you get a chance,I'm done for the day lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Looks like KART cashed in nicely,here are the latest spotter reports. 000 NOUS41 KBUF 072006 PNSBUF NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-080804- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 304 PM EST TUE JAN 07 2014 ********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT NEW YORK ...ERIE COUNTY... ELMA 18.0 215 PM 1/07 AMATEUR RADIO ORCHARD PARK 15.0 230 PM 1/07 AMATEUR RADIO MARILLA 14.0 215 PM 1/07 AMATEUR RADIO WEST SENECA 14.0 215 PM 1/07 AMATEUR RADIO LANCASTER 8.0 215 PM 1/07 AMATEUR RADIO BUFFALO 7.6 300 PM 1/07 NWS OFFICE WILLIAMSVILLE 4.5 254 PM 1/07 TRAINED SPOTTER CLARENCE 4.0 215 PM 1/07 AMATEUR RADIO ...JEFFERSON COUNTY... WATERTOWN 15.0 120 PM 1/07 SOCIAL MEDIA ...WYOMING COUNTY... ATTICA 6.0 215 PM 1/07 AMATEUR RADIO $$ AR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Here are some of the better pics. I took 14 in total but don't want to totally clutter this page with pics so ill post a handful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Just went on a 4 mile walk. Got pulled over by the cops, but didn't get it on video. He's like where are you headed, be very careful. That's a first, pulled over while walking. A jebwalk ban is unconstitutional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Seanick it's unfortunate you missed out on earlier,pure blizzard conditions by the exchange st amtrack station in downtown buffalo,check out the video I posted earlier not too far from your stop! Listening to a Toronto radio station I see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chietanen Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Amazing pics and videos everyone. Thanks for posting! I feel like I'm back home again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 For the first time in about 30 hours there is no snow falling with little blowing snow at the moment. Looks very peaceful right now. Hoping we can pick up about 4-6 more inches tonight somehow. Think were done here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 For the first time in about 30 hours there is no snow falling with little blowing snow at the moment. Looks very peaceful right now. Hoping we can pick up about 4-6 more inches tonight somehow. Think were done here though. Nope, not done by far yet. Another 6-12 is still possible by tomorrow morning in most persistent bands. Another trough is going to swing through in a few hours dropping the bands sounds and possibly intensifying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 A jebwalk ban is unconstitutional A lot of posters in this thread will not understand this reference! Anyway, great pics Devin! It always seems more impressive seeing such images when you are very familiar with what the same view looks like in normal conditions. Love the shots of OP. Very jealous of all you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Nope, not done by far yet. Another 6-12 is still possible by tomorrow morning in most persistent bands. Another trough is going to swing through in a few hours dropping the bands sounds and possibly intensifying them.Id bet no one sees an additional 12" off lake Erie, would be very happy with 6" more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 A lot of posters in this thread will not understand this reference! Anyway, great pics Nick! It always seems more impressive seeing such images when you are very familiar with what the same view looks like in normal conditions. Love the shots of OP. Very jealous of all you guys. is jeb still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulaginman Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 is jeb still around? I'm not really sure, to be honest. I'm not nearly as active on this forum as I was about 8 or 9 years ago (then WWBB). That reference takes me back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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