DeltaT13 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Lake effect is very apparent in Niagara county right now on the KBUF radar. As the comma head pulls through, it leaves the lower returns streaming in on a NNE flow. Mid 10's seem like a good bet for a large swath along the lake shore when this is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 There are also some potential threats on the 17th and the 19th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 There are also some potential threats on the 17th and the 19th. If those came through for us, I know some people who will kill me at even the slightest hint of excitement. This winter is creeping up there for one of my favorites...for multiple reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 If those came through for us, I know some people who will kill me at even the slightest hint of excitement. This winter is creeping up there for one of my favorites...for multiple reasons. Because you enjoy seeing other people miserable? j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 There are also some potential threats on the 17th and the 19th. Oh what the hell, go big or go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 If those came through for us, I know some people who will kill me at even the slightest hint of excitement. This winter is creeping up there for one of my favorites...for multiple reasons. I'm not a big fan of the cold, but love the snow. There was 2 epic LES events for MBY and another 4-6 smaller events in addition to 4-5 synoptic systems and 10+ arctic fronts/lake enhancement. Probably one of my favorite winners ever. 00-01, 01-02 were pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Because you enjoy seeing other people miserable? j/k Only in the CC forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Moderate snow continuing here in Amherst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Nearly 10 hours straight of Heavy Snow at KBUF. I might be in the minority but I don't think blizzard warnings were needed with this storm. Wind forecast were underwhelming except close to the lakeshores. This should of been a high end WSW. 12 18:54 N 20 G 26 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 17:54 N 16 G 30 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 14:54 NE 23 G 33 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 13:54 NE 23 G 38 0.06 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 12:54 NE 20 G 33 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 11:54 NE 25 G 33 0.50 Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 10:54 NE 20 G 31 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 09:54 NE 22 G 31 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 08:54 NE 24 G 32 0.25 Heavy Snow Freezing Fog and Breezy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Heavy snow, lake effect from Ontario. If this keeps up could end up between 15+ inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I've cracked a bottle of Merlot before snowblowing. Staring at the driveway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Well, so much for the back end punch...falling apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I've cracked a bottle of Merlot before snowblowing. Staring at the driveway... I was waiting on the deform band to swing through....but I think I'll go get my bibs on and head out before the winds get cranking...Whatever falls tonight will be melted by Friday anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I was waiting on the deform band to swing through....but I think I'll go get my bibs on and head out before the winds get cranking...Whatever falls tonight will be melted by Friday anyway. Same here. Def band looks awful for CNY. I keep my storm grade at a B+ here. I don't hand out A's easily.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revracer800 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 The wind has been cranked up all day here, a lot of drifts around the neighborhood. This evening has been the worse for the wind. Hard to tell how much snow has fallen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Been measuring every 6 hours....total for storm 10.5....9" OTG from storm. Gonna wait until morning to do driveway....it's gonna just drift in anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Nearly 10 hours straight of Heavy Snow at KBUF. I might be in the minority but I don't think blizzard warnings were needed with this storm. Wind forecast were underwhelming except close to the lakeshores. This should of been a high end WSW. 12 18:54 N 20 G 26 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 17:54 N 16 G 30 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 14:54 NE 23 G 33 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 13:54 NE 23 G 38 0.06 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 12:54 NE 20 G 33 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 11:54 NE 25 G 33 0.50 Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 10:54 NE 20 G 31 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 09:54 NE 22 G 31 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 08:54 NE 24 G 32 0.25 Heavy Snow Freezing Fog and Breezy Thank you, I've even saying all along that NWS pulled the plug with that blizzard warning.. I'm pretty sure areas along the Lake Ontario shoreline justified the blizzard criteria but not the city nor the southern burbs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Thank you, I've even saying all along that NWS pulled the plug with that blizzard warning.. I'm pretty sure areas along the Lake Ontario shoreline justified the blizzard criteria but not the city nor the southern burbs.. KBUF still hit blizzard criteria so I guess it was warranted if it did hit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 From the BGM radar you can see streamers coming off the finger lakes near Ithaca super imposed on the general precip pattern. http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=NCR&rid=bgm&loop=yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Nearly 10 hours straight of Heavy Snow at KBUF. I might be in the minority but I don't think blizzard warnings were needed with this storm. Wind forecast were underwhelming except close to the lakeshores. This should of been a high end WSW. 12 18:54 N 20 G 26 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 17:54 N 16 G 30 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 14:54 NE 23 G 33 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 13:54 NE 23 G 38 0.06 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 12:54 NE 20 G 33 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 11:54 NE 25 G 33 0.50 Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 10:54 NE 20 G 31 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 09:54 NE 22 G 31 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 08:54 NE 24 G 32 0.25 Heavy Snow Freezing Fog and Breezy Rochester appeared to be quite a bit more intense during the peak of the storm. With much higher sustained winds for long portion of the afternoon. Perhaps that explains my higher rating of this event. Plus I didnt have the super blizzard Buffalo had in January to compare to. Rochester, NY 12 18:54 N 20 G 32 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow 12 17:54 N 23 G 37 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 12 14:54 NE 37 G 49 0.13 Heavy Snow Freezing Fog Blowing Snow and Windy 12 13:54 NE 37 G 47 0..13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow Freezing Fog and Windy 12 12:54 NE 35 G 47 0.13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow Freezing Fog and Windy 12 11:54 NE 30 G 44 0..13 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow Freezing Fog and Windy 12 10:54 NE 30 G 37 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow Freezing Fog and Windy 12 09:54 NE 29 G 35 0.25 Heavy Snow Blowing Snow Freezing Fog and Windy 12 08:54 NE 22 G 32 0.25 Heavy Snow and Breezy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 From the BGM radar you can see streamers coming off the finger lakes near Ithaca super imposed on the general precip pattern. http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=NCR&rid=bgm&loop=yes Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Wave Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Impressive wind and cold, but the precip shield was pretty unimpressive for such a strong storm. The heaviest returns were either rain or mix, and even the "heavy" snow never approached whiteout conditions here(and the returns were brighter over southern CNY than any other part of the region). With only 2-3 inches I'd say this qualifies as a major bust now that the back end is falling apart(snow was supposed to last until at least 2 AM). No model run in the past 72 hours had so little snow here, with the possible exception of one NAM run on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorizer Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Huge bust here. At one point yesterday the locals were predicting as much as 18" here. As late as 8pm tonight, the NWS updated their forecast and has me for 6" to 12". We don't have an inch yet and this thing is falling apart. Big disappointment. But we've had more than our share this winter, so I won't hold a grudge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Huge bust here. At one point yesterday the locals were predicting as much as 18" here. As late as 8pm tonight, the NWS updated their forecast and has me for 6" to 12". We don't have an inch yet and this thing is falling apart. Big disappointment. But we've had more than our share this winter, so I won't hold a grudge. The 12z NAM ended up having the right idea, being much stronger with the warm nose aloft and yet one of the coldest models in the surface layer. That left us with more ZR and IP than snow. I'm not too disappointed since this event hadn't been looking too solid in the immediate Albany area (Hudson valley locations) for the last couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Been measuring every 6 hours....total for storm 10.5....9" OTG from storm. Gonna wait until morning to do driveway....it's gonna just drift in anyway. I am agreeing w/ 10"...just measured. Just finished driveway. What a pain. Because the ground was warm pre storm, the bottom layer of snow is like hard slush...snowblower was riding up over it. I shoveled the bottom layer because it was annoying me. Wiped out. Looks like the remnants of the def band are handing tough for a bit here in CNY. Maybe a little lake assist going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I just saw someone post a tweet with some sort of effed up WRF-ARW Euro initialization for this saturday. It shows over a foot of snow in the same areas that were hit today? Is this real or am I missing something? edit: nevermind. i was misunderstanding something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 000 NOUS41 KBUF 130225 PNSBUF NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-131425- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1025 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 **********************24 HOUR SNOWFALL********************** LOCATION 24 HOUR TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT NEW YORK ...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... PERRYSBURG 11.0 640 PM 3/12 CO-OP OBSERVER ...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... DUNKIRK 6.0 400 PM 3/12 PUBLIC ...ERIE COUNTY... BUFFALO 13.4 900 PM 3/12 NWS OFFICE BOSTON 12.0 900 PM 3/12 BROADCAST MEDIA 2 NE BOSTON 12.0 920 PM 3/12 COCORAHS LANCASTER 12.0 900 PM 3/12 PUBLIC GRAND ISLAND 12.0 946 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER DEPEW 11.5 900 PM 3/12 PUBLIC 2 S AKRON 11.5 750 PM 3/12 COCORAHS ORCHARD PARK 11.5 900 PM 3/12 PUBLIC WEST SENECA 11.0 900 PM 3/12 PUBLIC WILLIAMSVILLE 10.8 600 PM 3/12 PUBLIC MARILLA 10.5 900 PM 3/12 PUBLIC 6 W HAMBURG 10.5 900 PM 3/12 BROADCAST MEDIA KENMORE 9.3 425 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER EAST AURORA 9.0 900 PM 3/12 NWS EMPLOYEE 2 SSW BLASDELL 8.0 900 PM 3/12 COCORAHS 1 W LAKE VIEW 8.0 930 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER 3 WSW ELMA 8.0 500 PM 3/12 COCORAHS BLASDELL 7.0 551 PM 3/12 COCORAHS ...GENESEE COUNTY... CORFU 9.0 900 PM 3/12 PUBLIC 2 NE STAFFORD 8.7 800 PM 3/12 NWS EMPLOYEE ...JEFFERSON COUNTY... WATERTOWN 5.9 645 PM 3/12 PUBLIC 3 NW ADAMS CENTER 2.6 446 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER ...LEWIS COUNTY... BEAVER FALLS 9.0 552 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER LOWVILLE 9.0 600 PM 3/12 CO-OP OBSERVER ...LIVINGSTON COUNTY... 8 S LIVONIA 10.0 600 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER GENESEO 10.0 730 PM 3/12 PUBLIC ...MONROE COUNTY... ROCHESTER INTL ARPT 15.5 900 PM 3/12 ASOS EAST ROCHESTER 13.5 1000 PM 3/12 PUBLIC ...NIAGARA COUNTY... SANBORN 17.0 900 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER NORTH TONAWANDA 16.5 900 PM 3/12 PUBLIC LOCKPORT 13.0 900 PM 3/12 BROADCAST MEDIA 1 NNE NORTH TONAWAND 12.1 700 PM 3/12 COCORAHS 1 NE PENDLETON 9.5 830 PM 3/12 COCORAHS YOUNGSTOWN 8.0 500 PM 3/12 CO-OP OBSERVER ...ONTARIO COUNTY... GENEVA 7.5 400 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER ...OSWEGO COUNTY... PARISH 14.5 600 PM 3/12 PUBLIC ...WAYNE COUNTY... 3 ESE MACEDON 8.8 743 PM 3/12 COCORAHS ...WYOMING COUNTY... 7 SW WARSAW 10.0 400 PM 3/12 TRAINED SPOTTER $$ JAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 000 SXUS71 KBUF 130522RERBUFRECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY0122 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT BUFFALO NY...A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 13.8 INCHES WAS SET AT BUFFALO NY YESTERDAY.THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 7.3 SET IN 1959.THIS DAILY SNOWFALL IS THE 6TH GREATEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OFMARCH. IT IS ALSO THE 4TH GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL FOR THIS LATE INTHE WINTER SEASON.$TMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Looks like KSYR ended up with over 12". I'd say we're a bit over that here, still light snow too, basically all night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMeToManos Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Seneca Lake streamer heating up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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