BuffaloWeather Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 I'm thinking 1-3" for MBY. This will be my 3rd event this April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Where was this pattern all winter? 3 consecutive days now with snow falling and covering the ground. Could make it 4 by tomorrow...it will be close for this area. Getting some decent lake effect snow showers right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Just now, TugHillMatt said: Where was this pattern all winter? 3 consecutive days now with snow falling and covering the ground. Could make it 4 by tomorrow...it will be close for this area. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong this winter. Nov and April both had great patterns. Dec-March were terrible. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 minute ago, BuffaloWeather said: Everything that could go wrong did go wrong this winter. Nov and April both had great patterns. Dec-March were terrible. Truth. Here's to hoping next winter can break this string of mostly blah, mild winters we have had of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I haven't even been paying attention to the weather too much with everything that's going on. Has southern New England even made it to the 5 inch mark yet? lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying MXZ Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 3.5” on elevated surfaces this morning. Almost nothing on the roads. It can stop now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Seems to be a nice WNW flow right now bringing occasional heavy bursts of snow that rewhiten things up. Still some snow on the ground from overnight in the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said: Everything that could go wrong did go wrong this winter. Nov and April both had great patterns. Dec-March were terrible. This seems to happen most mild winters are followed by crappy springs. Then when the pattern flips we go immediately to 90 in May. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I will say that one thing these cold blasts in Spring have going for them is the increased likelihood of some intense snow showers. Snows...sun comes out and destablizes the atmosphere...BOOM! heavy burst of snow...sun...repeat. It is fun to watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeyes_Suck Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 7 hours ago, wolfie09 said: Yeah they have no problem attacking humans.. You can see one goose always stands watch like a big bully as the other one eats lol They have been coming back to my pond ever since I moved here.. Geese are assholes. One of my earliest memories from six flags darien lake was a goose stealing a sandwich right out of my sisters hand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 If I see thundersnow in April I'm boosting my winter grade up a full letter 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 35 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said: If I see thundersnow in April I'm boosting my winter grade up a full letter Some of these convective cells dropped some extremely heavy graupel. A lot of charge separation in these clouds with powerful April updrafts. Weird wild stuff. Glad we are under lockdown for this lousy spring weather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Pretty potent cells taking through the area. Pretty heavy snow and extremely reduced visibility on the 90 near the airport... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Pounding snow here for going on 30 minutes. Accumulating nicely 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Crazy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Not a cloud in the sky here lol Chilly day, high of 39°.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, Buffalo Bumble said: Pounding snow here for going on 30 minutes. Accumulating nicely Yep added almost another inch on unpaved surfaces with these on and off burst. Will probably be melted in an hour if the sun comes back out but heck with it. Fun to watch it come down heavy and accumulate even during mid April sun angle. Almost 3 inches between yesterday and today, we pick up another inch or two tomorrow and we’ve tripled our March snowfall lol haha. impressive too temp is down to 29.9 degrees. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I wonder if we could see some enhancement with our little storm. 3k looking a bit more impressive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 You guys have had much more exciting action off Lake Erie this year compared to up here off Lake Ontario. An unfrozen Erie probably helped with that... Lake Ontario has been less than impressive. PA has had some really hefty snow showers off Lake Erie today as well. Family members posted whiteout shots in different parts of the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericjcrash Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 NAM is juiced! GFS better as well. Even Euro gives 4-6" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Your seeing a storm track across CPA/NPA, while strengthening, from 07-04 mb. In January I’d double the numbers south of the lake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Really is nuts, bordering on absurd, that here we are 24 hours after a mid-April evening snowfall...watching the snow pound down. I know April snow isn’t that rare, but to settle in like this for what will be about 3 days is goofy. Come to think of it...like Rich pointed out, the bookends of this cold season are fascinating. First 15 days of Nov are way below normal with constant snow cover at BUF. Winter can’t muster one good sustained pattern, cold departures are erased after 2 days. Mid April arrives...and we get back to back to back days of snow, temps dropping below freezing during max heating, and currier and Ives scenery with snow plastered on the evergreens as the sun sets (at 8pm). Just, odd... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Just had a squall move through here with snowfall rates that had to be 2-3 inches/hr. Unfortunately it only lasted about 10 minutes. The NWS issued a special weather statement about 10 minutes after the snow ended here. Another snow shower is ready to pass through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 19 minutes ago, CNY_WX said: Just had a squall move through here with snowfall rates that had to be 2-3 inches/hr. Unfortunately it only lasted about 10 minutes. The NWS issued a special weather statement about 10 minutes after the snow ended here. Another snow shower is ready to pass through. Yeah, I am bummed I missed it! I had already closed the blinds for the night. Went past the window and saw through a small crack through the blinds white on the ground. It dropped a fresh covering for the night...looking at radar, we may have more to add on too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Syrmax Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Why is it STILL snowing?? I want Spring. Make.It Stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Syrmax said: Why is it STILL snowing?? I want Spring. Make.It Stop. Jim Teske says we go zonal by the end of next week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 hours ago, CNY_WX said: This seems to happen most mild winters are followed by crappy springs. Then when the pattern flips we go immediately to 90 in May. We had 2-3" of snow on MAY 18th 2002 around Albany (more in hills), after one of the lousiest winters ever (01/02). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 It will be Spring soon enough. Seems like the law of averages. We were running ahead a bit in terms of flowers blooming, but that has really slowed down with the cold we have had. Pretty much the smaller shrubs and a few of the very early trees are showing much signs of Spring. I was a bit surprised when one of the Buffalo guys mentioned the trees leafing out there the other day. Maybe it's different in downtown 'Cuse, but I don't see much Spring other than daffodils, a couple magnolias and some forsythia starting to bloom. I mean, obviously we know I love winter....when, and that's a HOPE the garden centers open up, I will be excited for Spring...as I love working with plants and flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinksnow18 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Honestly this is just icing on a 7 layer cake with the main ingredients being chocolate laxative. I mean if we're going to go through an unprecedented time in our lives we may as well just blow the top off this thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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