rochesterdave Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 That looked like PERFECT ski conditions. Packed Powder with an inch or two of fresh stuff on top. Bet ya didn't hit an ice patch the entire weekend! Very nice. Glad it worked out for ya. I know ya had a minute or two of doubt last week when the models were indicating the first rain storm this ENTIRE season. Great piccs bro. in other news, I see the western shore of Lake Ontario is already starting to show radar returns. A bit earlier than I expected. I hope we can pull the rabbit out of this hat and get some freshies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 That looked like PERFECT ski conditions. Packed Powder with an inch or two of fresh stuff on top. Bet ya didn't hit an ice patch the entire weekend! Very nice. Glad it worked out for ya. I know ya had a minute or two of doubt last week when the models were indicating the first rain storm this ENTIRE season. Great piccs bro. in other news, I see the western shore of Lake Ontario is already starting to show radar returns. A bit earlier than I expected. I hope we can pull the rabbit out of this hat and get some freshies. Yeah it was great conditions. Received a few inches throughout the day and evening down there on Fri night-Sat. We got under some heavy snow in the early afternoon. I forgot my snowboard boots at home and was only able to ski though. So I'm definitely going back one more time this year to get my boarding fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Either that or he's measuring in a drift. They definitely got more than 78.5" on the year in that location though. Yeah he's got to be measuring a drifted location. He's had 6-6-1/2 FEET of depth for a couple weeks now. That report NE of him in NB looks more reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Yeah it was great conditions. Received a few inches throughout the day and evening down there on Fri night-Sat. We got under some heavy snow in the early afternoon. I forgot my snowboard boots at home and was only able to ski though. So I'm definitely going back one more time this year to get my boarding fix. Was going to ski today but fell and bruised my knee yesterday so just snowblowed today. Great way to rest a knee. Not. I may go this Friday night locally with my son. Will be his first time off the beginner slope. Will be fun, as long as it's not hideously cold, which it shouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-LES FREAK Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 About to get real real interesting around here with this incoming band which is developing in spit of our Iced Over Lake, lol, and the lack of moisture in the BL! Just doesn't want to stop thus year!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-LES FREAK Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Flake size isn't all that bad considering the air mass but it looks like Ontario wants to give it a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-LES FREAK Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 S+ now with wicked winds as temps plummet on their way to single digits by the end of the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-LES FREAK Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Why does KBUF continue to mention LO as being ice covered to an extent? Does anybody ever see Lake Erie produce prodigious totals with breaks in the ice cover never mind open water, correct, but with the whole West End of the lake WIDE OPEN Ontario won't produce?? I don't understand their forecast as there clearly is a response and a decent one at that! You can see the Lake light up on the West end and its being driven on 280-295 steady state flow for a while at least. Like I said, even flake size is better than recent events but as temps continue to drop i'd expect the flakes to continue to decrease in size. I'd expect some flags if this continues for more than three hours at least for Oswego County. Just looked at obs out of Hancock and their reporting a temp of 8 and a dp of 8 so i'd say their quite saturated wouldn't you, lol, so moisture at this point is definitely not lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Solid 8F with 1/4 mile visibility. 8ams are fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Close to 2" New snow this morning. Let's hope this is the last arctic blast. This is getting old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revracer800 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Snowing moderately to heavy at times here. Temp is at 7. This is really getting out of hand... getting tired of this cold. Yesterday felt great for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I drove from Brewerton to Utica for work this morning. It was another "Ice Road Truckers" drive until I got past exit 33 on the Thruway then conditions improved. Visibility was under a quarter of a mile in spots between 34 and 34a. They just closed the westbound lanes between those 2 exits because of an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 KBUF now w/ LES Advisory for shoreline counties, including Oswego. New map 4-6" So. Oswego cty thru 7pm. KBGM no advisory, SWS, map of 2-3" NO. Onandaga cty. SN+ in Lpool, viz currently 1/8 mi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The band is moving southward. It looks like the heaviest is over Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chietanen Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Was checking out the Buffalo climate report, average temperature to this point in February is 11.8 degrees, a departure of -14. As of now, it would be the second coldest February in history, narrowly missing 1934's 11.6. Though given the forecast, I suspect this month will beat it when all is said and done. Impressive stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Wow, look at all wimps bowing out early. So sad, I would love to see relentless cold all the way until the first of April. Then I'm ready for spring. The snowboarding/mountain conditions are off the charts right now...keep it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danno Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 4" of fluff in Badwinsville last night. Visisbility downtown Syracuse right now about 1/4 mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revracer800 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Sun has been shining here now but still windy as hell with a temp of 2. Dave longley just posted a satellite pic facebook of nearly a wide open lake Ontario. Also said expect another round of wind and lake effect snow Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Conditions generally abysmal in lpool. I'd say 1-3" has fallen today but hard to tell with a lot of BLSN. Flake size is pretty good when the rate picks up but it's on and off with breaks of sun. Next week shaping up interesting...we lose the ridiculous cold but it could be a snowy week if 12z GFS is right. A long duration overrunning SW event could be shaping up, with several waves of l.p. riding northeast along a thermal boundary. Euro was warmer solution but similar idea. Frankly, given euros performance lately, not all that confident in it but the two models are picking up on the same broadbrushed idea of a SW trough shooting junk out to the east. Too early to worry about details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayuud11 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Conditions generally abysmal in lpool. I'd say 1-3" has fallen today but hard to tell with a lot of BLSN. Flake size is pretty good when the rate picks up but it's on and off with breaks of sun. Next week shaping up interesting...we lose the ridiculous cold but it could be a snowy week if 12z GFS is right. A long duration overrunning SW event could be shaping up, with several waves of l.p. riding northeast along a thermal boundary. Euro was warmer solution but similar idea. Frankly, given euros performance lately, not all that confident in it but the two models are picking up on the same broadbrushed idea of a SW trough shooting junk out to the east. Too early to worry about details. I would give this winter A++ if we can pull off a March'07 repeat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Once I break 200" I want spring to start. I'll take 50s and some sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Wave Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Apparently this has been the 2nd coldest month in Ithaca history so far. January was already the 19th coldest. Looking at the week's forecast, we might break the February '79 record(11.2 average temp compared to the 11.7 through Sunday). It never even got above 5 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Looks like a pretty good band is rolling into SW Oswgo cty attm., will be interesting to see what this yields her on the county border. I'd estimate 2-3" IMBY since 8am. Flake size generally on the small size but improving as this new band approaches.p Edit: just measured, 1.3" today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Once I break 200" I want spring to start. I'll take 50s and some sunshine. Check out the 18z GFS currently running. Lulz. You might get your 200" next week if that verifies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revracer800 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The band went through here pretty quick... dropped maybe a inch or so. Windy as hell still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Visibility between 300-600 feet the past half hour. Solid dendrites too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Remember when we had a high temp of 59 on Christmas? At least that was the value at KSYR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I could never live in a place where the cold is like this most of the winter. This is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 It's official -7F is the new #record low at the #Buffalo airport. This breaks the old record of -6F set back in 1889! #bufwx If its going to be this cold lets just break some records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I could never live in a place where the cold is like this most of the winter. This is ridiculous.Watch out or DeltaT13 is gonna be all over you like a cheap suit! I'll raise my hand though and join the pussbag contingent. I love this weather, days on end of snow and clouds and cold. But the subzero with winds can suck it now that I'm older. This was what I always wanted sucking mud down on the i-95 corridor, where it didn't snow for two decades it seems. Save for winter of 95/96. And it rarely breaks zero there. And the day after a storm it clears out and is sunny. You just don't get the consistent boreal atmosphere down there. We are in a sweet spot up here near the lakes, if you like snow, clouds and cold. Seen the photos out of Atlantic provinces in Canada? Epic stuff. I remember a winter in the past 10-15 years or so where they had similar. Truly astounding stuff up in New Brunswick, PEI, NF. Would love to spend a winter like this up there. This month has been like living in Quebec City, temperature wise, I think. How they can stand such consistent cold is beyond me. Avg Feb temp at KSYR is 9.7 F thru yesterday. Hoping next week is the coup de gras! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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