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1 hour ago, rochesterdave said:

Snow looks to fall during the worst diurnal period. Mid day on Wednesday. Climatologically, it is going to be a bear to overcome all the things opposing accumulations. 
If I were creating a forecast map I’d be leaning very conservative. I’m talking an inch or less in Buf and Roc. Hope I’m wrong. But heck, getting an inch during daylight hours, at this time of year, is pretty remarkable. 
Bristol/ Boston/ Wyoming hills might do much better. 

I dunno... most models are showing the snow start/transition occurring between 12am-4am.  If we get a solid coating down before sunrise could be interesting.  Heaviest precip bands look to push through between 6am-12pm so if rates are high enough cooling could overcome it.  All depends just how strong the banding ends up being...Skeptical but optimistic... honestly would take the pass on this storm and keep the spring vibes going...

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4 hours ago, Thinksnow18 said:

I’m shocked they didn’t stop a WSW on us

I think the watch window is over at this point.  Even the high end 6-8” would still kinda fall into an advisory.  Add in the uncertainty and the busted watch and warnings from the storm 3 weeks ago I’m thinking we have advisories up tomorrow morning for all WNY... maybe warnings for So Erie and Catt County.  

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The one and only notable april LES event (to my knowledge).. Granted it was over several days lol

Duration: 90 hours+/-
Prime Feature: Remarkable long lasting out of season event. Strong 
diurnal flavor.

This event capped off a memorable 2006-07 season as one of the most 
intense and long lasting cold periods for so late in the season set 
off some impressive lake snows east and southeast of the Lakes. It 
was the first "named" event in the month of April in the 13 year 
history of lake storms. This combined with the massive October storm 
to bracket the winter season with the earliest and latest events on 
record.

The event began late Wednesday the 4th following a sharp cold front. 
A massive upper level low then set up over Quebec and poured near 
record cold across the eastern two thirds of the nation for several 
days. Most of the Lakes were open again after mild weather in late 
March...but eastern Lake Erie still had a good deal of ice cover. 
Still...the moist northwest flow brought residual moisture from the 
Upper Lakes and impinged on the Chautauqua ridge and dropped up to a 
foot of upslope/lake enhanced snow there. Several inches also fell 
down into the Jamestown area.

For the next few days...lake snows became more organized during the 
late night and early morning periods...breaking up into cellular 
activity during the afternoon and early evening hours. The heavier 
accumulations were at night. The Thursday night-Friday morning 
period brought 6-12" to much of Oswego county and southern Tug Hill 
and also another 6 to 12 across Chautauqua county...and a surprise 4 
to 7 inches across Niagara County. Then...Friday night-Saturday 
morning period saw an intense band across southern Jefferson 
county...with somewhat of a repeat along the south shore of the Lake 
Saturday night and Sunday morning. During the afternoon and early 
evenings...brief heavy snow showers occurred...but accumulated 
little.  Conditions finally moderated enough to shut down any lake 
snows late Sunday as inversion lowered and 850 mb temps rose 
slightly.

The totals were impressive...but settled fast due to the 
season....so no more than a foot was on the ground at any one time 
anywhere. Very little fell in the Buffalo area....and Rochester 
caught a bit only Sunday morning.  

The event was long lasting and out of season. The totals were 
impressive...but fell mainly at night in lightly populated 
areas...melting off on roadways during the day.  It therefore earns 
three *** stars.

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Had to consult “The Book”...


1901 - April 20 - 9.7” in Buffalo with over a foot south and east of the city.  The Pan American expo was slated to start on May 1 and was pushed back 3 weeks due to the damage caused.

1859 - April 23 - 18” was measured downtown during the William Ives record keeping time frame. 

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36 minutes ago, SouthBuffaloSteve said:

If this plays out with 4”+ going to be a lot of agricultural impacts.  Found this map on the “Spring Leaf Bloom Anomaly”.  Not only is this a very late season storm, the WNY area is running 2 to almost 3 weeks early on spring blooming.  
 

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I brought this up earlier today. This could have wide ranging effects that would crush the cherry crop, and possibly the apple and peach crop as well. This is a terrible time for this.

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