Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Late February 1984 in Toronto. Some similarities. 36 .4 cm (14-15" ) of snow on the 27th-28th, just days after temperatures in the low 50s on the 23-24th. Storm was followed by highs in the low 20s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpreadsheetGuy Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/25/2020 at 11:59 PM, TugHillMatt said: Hah. I grew up in Lancaster County, PA...very similar climate to yours in NJ. I am traumatized for life. Expand In the early 2000s taught at Manheim Township just north of Lancaster. I lived in Hershey. A lot of cold rain. Though...maybe 2004 we did get about 36 inches in back to back storms that were forecast for half or less than that. Got the entire season average in 3 days. Winter is much more enjoyable here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 12:44 AM, SpreadsheetGuy said: In the early 2000s taught at Manheim Township just north of Lancaster. I lived in Hershey. A lot of cold rain. Though...maybe 2004 we did get about 36 inches in back to back storms that were forecast for half or less than that. Got the entire season average in 3 days. Winter is much more enjoyable here. Expand For sure. This winter has brought back some memories of waiting weeks for any winter time fun like that in Lancaster. Graduated from Penn Manor in 2000. Best winter storm I have ever experienced (even to this day) was the Blizzard of 96 in Lancaster. 36 inches in a day and a half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpreadsheetGuy Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 12:48 AM, TugHillMatt said: For sure. This winter has brought back some memories of waiting weeks for any winter time fun like that in Lancaster. Graduated from Penn Manor in 2000. Best winter storm I have ever experienced (even to this day) was the Blizzard of 96 in Lancaster. 36 inches in a day and a half. Expand I was still in high school on Long Island in 96. We got 30 inches if I recall. It all or none down there. You can go years without a good snow storm. And you don't get the regular touch up snow you get here. ...but every so many years, you can get dumped on. Proximity to the ocean is a great moisture source when things line up just right. Up here you don't need everything to line up perfectly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 BW... think we should start a new thread ahead of the 0z running? Looks like this will be storm of the season for most of us... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 1:21 AM, SouthBuffaloSteve said: BW... think we should start a new thread ahead of the 0z running? Looks like this will be storm of the season for most of us... Expand Lets keep the storm talk in that thread, everything else in here until the storm is over and create a new one for March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 1:21 AM, SouthBuffaloSteve said: BW... think we should start a new thread ahead of the 0z running? Looks like this will be storm of the season for most of us... Expand 00Z runs. The most important run of our lives? (Channeling my inner Ji). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 12:20 AM, Ottawa Blizzard said: I'm telling you it's like what I've read about the great leap year storm of February 1984. Not sure if anyone here is old enough to remember it - I was 3 going on 4. Expand Just read up on that one in the blizzard book. Sounds like a similar type storm to what we could see. Huge dump of synoptic snow from Ohio up through WNY. Author stated Lake Erie was mainly open for that storm and a SW flow off the lake lead to significant enhancement of the snow over WNY. 28” at KBUF over a 48 hour period. 19.4” of that fell in 24 hours and I believe still holds the #10 spot for most snowfall in 24 hours. Highest synoptic storm on the list. As the storm pulled away we saw a lengthy period of strong NW winds drifting the huge snowfall. 11 people died in Buffalo during that storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:16 AM, SouthBuffaloSteve said: Just read up on that one in the blizzard book. Sounds like a similar type storm to what we could see. Huge dump of synoptic snow from Ohio up through WNY. Author stated Lake Erie was mainly open for that storm and a SW flow off the lake lead to significant enhancement of the snow over WNY. 28” at KBUF over a 48 hour period. 19.4” of that fell in 24 hours and I believe still holds the #10 spot for most snowfall in 24 hours. Highest synoptic storm on the list. As the storm pulled away we saw a lengthy period of strong NW winds drifting the huge snowfall. 11 people died in Buffalo during that storm. Expand Hmm Feb 84 was a traditional synoptic storm with LO enhancement in northerly flow. No enhancement from the SW. I'd probably consider it BUF's largest synoptic storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I'd keep expectations in check for the Niagara frontier. Doesn't scream a really big one to me. Dont fall for bad gfs runs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:32 AM, OSUmetstud said: Hmm Feb 84 was a traditional synoptic storm with LO enhancement in northerly flow. No enhancement from the SW. I'd probably consider it BUF's largest synoptic storm. Expand March 2008 was bigger wasn’t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinksnow18 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:04 AM, Syrmax said: 00Z runs. The most important run of our lives? (Channeling my inner Ji). Expand Wouldn't that be uber negative and demoralized??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:33 AM, OSUmetstud said: I'd keep expectations in check for the Niagara frontier. Doesn't scream a really big one to me. Dont fall for bad gfs runs. Expand The euro has 10-15” of 1:10 snow as well for all of Wny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinksnow18 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:33 AM, OSUmetstud said: I'd keep expectations in check for the Niagara frontier. Doesn't scream a really big one to me. Dont fall for bad gfs runs. Expand What's your definition of a really big one??? 1 foot? 2 foot? We had 11" from synoptic in November and to me at least that's not a really big one. I kinda expecting about a foot from tomorrow night to Saturday morning with Thursday and Thursday night in a dry period...your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:34 AM, BuffaloWeather said: March 2008 was bigger wasn’t it? Expand I thought was like 21"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Feb' 58 I think was also in the high 20s. Must have been mostly lake enhancement since the storm was a classic offshore nor easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:43 AM, OSUmetstud said: I thought was like 21"? Expand Right 21.2” was looking at the 19” total not the 28” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:35 AM, BuffaloWeather said: The euro has 10-15” of 1:10 snow as well for all of Wny Expand 18z backed off though. Just something to consider before going all-in on a foot or something from the synoptic portion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:44 AM, BuffaloWeather said: Right 21.2” was looking at the 19” total not the 28” Expand Cool. Good memory heh? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:50 AM, OSUmetstud said: Cool. Good memory heh? Lol Expand Yeah I should remember that one well, got in a really bad car accident during it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Looks some areas of the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes are getting a nice little snowfall this evening. Even Dansville, Wellsville, and Ithaca appear to have flipped to snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 2:35 AM, Thinksnow18 said: Wouldn't that be uber negative and demoralized??? Expand Uber neg for you civilians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Oh my friend i'm goimg to italy with just won $13K at turning stone slots. Playing slots!!! Holy f*co. So happy.. let it snow. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 We have a new thread guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 We need a Spring thread. Winter and snow is about over. Maybe about 50 acres of Tug hill and Chautaqua ridge see measurable snow from here on out but that's about it. Its loser central to expect much else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 7:05 AM, Syrmax said: We need a Spring thread. Winter and snow is about over. Maybe about 50 acres of Tug hill and Chautaqua ridge see measurable snow from here on out but that's about it. Its loser central to expect much else. Expand Most of my top 10 largest synoptic storms from my entire life in Upstate NY came in the month of March. I agree the season is more or less over, but March is the king of truly monstrous storms. Don't count her out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 7:05 AM, Syrmax said: We need a Spring thread. Winter and snow is about over. Maybe about 50 acres of Tug hill and Chautaqua ridge see measurable snow from here on out but that's about it. Its loser central to expect much else. Expand Syracuse still received over 70 inches. I would be happy if I even got half of that amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BuffaloWeather Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 New thread for spring: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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