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2 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Whats more rare May 7th 1989 or Oct. storm 2006, not in terms of snowfall just time of year? I think I ran the numbers before and they were pretty close. 

I always say that a MASSIVE snow storm coming out of the warm season is far more anomalous than a significant snowstorm coming out of the cold season.  Both were awesome but the October surprise is my greatest weather event of my lifetime. 

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As far as accumulations go, expect 3-5" across much of Western NY
and the lower Genesee Valley, including Buffalo and Rochester. The
highest totals are likely to fall along the Chautauqua Ridge, Boston
Hills, and Wyoming County where around 6" is expected. The North
Country can also expect 3-5", with local amounts of up to 6" across
the higher terrain of the Tug Hill. Snowfall rates in these areas
may reach 1" per hour for several hours early Wednesday morning. 2-
4" is expected in Allegany County, along with the potential for a
little freezing rain. The lowest accumulations will likely be found
across Ontario, Wayne, N.Cayuga, Oswego counties where 2-3" is
expected. Forecast snowfall amounts in this area are lower as a
result of surface temperatures being slightly warmer, and the fact
that most of the snow will fall during daylight hours.

The widespread snow will taper off quickly from west to east
Wednesday afternoon, to be replaced by a few snow showers as cold
air pours into the eastern Great Lakes in the afternoon. Lake effect
and upslope snow showers will become more widespread Wednesday night
through Thursday morning as the pool of coldest air aloft crosses
the region. Northwest flow will direct most of this into the western
Southern Tier off Lake Erie, and from Orleans County eastward across
Rochester to Oswego County and down into the Finger Lakes off Lake
Ontario. Upslope flow will also keep more widespread snow showers
going across the higher terrain east of Lake Ontario. All of this
may produce localized additional accumulations of 1-2" Wednesday
night.
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Just now, rochesterdave said:

Wouldn’t you think snow depth charge would be best? With warm ground and diurnal effects?

I think rates will be high enough to overcome the warm ground quite quickly and the diurnal effects won't really come into play here as most of this hits overnight and early tomorrow morning.

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