Buffalo Bumble

1 degree on the car thermometer as we zip past the Sandy Creek exit on 81. En route to Lake Placid area to hike a couple high peaks tomorrow. Celebrating the winter solstice near the top of New York.

Congrats to all that had or or having some snow fun. Just a couple very brief squalls here, maybe 2” OTG. Still a great winter day here sans snow. Sky was clear at sunset with that deep azure color that comes with an arctic airmass.

Great pics Champy!! First one is my fav with that lighting over Skan Lake. Other 2 Bear Swamp by chance? And you’re right, this has been a great start to winter. Plentiful snow events and cold all the way back to early November.

Christmas barbecues and frisbee. Super duper. We’ve been on the cold side of normal since November started, so I guess a warmup is inevitable.

Let’s go Bills!!!! Big game, drown the Duck!

Just got back from rescuing my daughter from Varysburg. She went off the road a couple times on 20A on the way home from Binghamton and had enough. I got to drive her Honda Civic with stripped tires home. Anyway, there were a few inches OTG already along 20A to East Aurora. Road was really bad, sticky accumulation of snow and slush. It’s been tough accumulating here, but looking better in the last 15 minutes as the sun sets.

All snow here and sticking

Flippage in progress here. 50/50 mix at the moment.

Ok, I’m getting interested now. Not usually a fan of wet snowstorms, but the dynamics of this jobber should be fun to watch.

Yes, Snyder. Shut down pretty quick, about 2” OTG.

Closing in on 2” here. As others have noted, very big flakes with little wind. Classic lake effect band.

Yeah, noticed that too. Maybe another chance way out there a day 7/8, per Euro, and to a lesser extent GFS.

Impressive. Different world out here in WNY. We warmed above freezing through last night and this morning. Less than an inch OTG now IMBY.

Winter wonderland in Lancaster this morning...

Current view from the office

Had light rain at home (Snyder) when I left for work around 830, flipped to snow east of Transit in Lancaster (extra few miles away from the lake did the trick). Been snowing steadily at work all morning. Eyeballing 4" new here (Pleasant View Drive, north side of Lancaster). Probably about 1"/hour in heaviest bursts, accumulating surprisingly well.

Snowing quite nicely at work in Lancaster. Big happy lake effect flakes.

Good for you guys out in eastern NY, really impressive totals. Bonus that temps stay near or below freezing through the weekend too so you can have all sorts of winter fun.

I sort of feel in our areas that separating lake effect from synoptic snow totals is dicey since a lot of what BUF and maybe to a little lesser extent ROC receives is a hybrid of both - e.g. lake enhancement. If BUF gets 10" of snow from a clipper due to several hours of lake enhancement, does that count as lake effect or synoptic...I would call it synhanceffect .

Still have a few inches on the ground IMBY. Don’t have stats to back it up, but I’m guessing it’s highly unusual if not unprecedented to have snow OTG for this many consecutive days before Nov 15. The cold weekend should keep it going for a couple more days. BUF is about 10 below normal for month to date, really impressive.

11" here. Biggest early season synoptic storm that I can remember in a very long time. Will this be BUF's largest synoptic event of the season? Time will tell, but it's a nice early season bar to set.

Beautiful spot. I graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 96. More snow falls here in C/WNY, at least from my few years there, but way better pack retention from noticeably colder temps.

Nice 30 minute burst here a bit ago, big flakes, over 1”/hr. Leveled back some now, still moderate snow but closer to 1/2” hr. About 3” OTG. .

I remember that video, epic! Having been in the middle of several “mega bands” off Erie and Ontario, I gotta say the heaviest snow rates I’ve experienced are always with no wind. Winds on the band edges might be 10 or more mph, but the real crazy heavy stuff is calm with near 0 vis from the falling snow alone. That’s the euphoria zone.

You’re not alone...I rival the biggest snow lovers, but moved last year from N. Cheektowaga to Snyder, a bit further from the snow belt. Couldn’t justify leaving so many conveniences for what amounts to about 10 weeks of lake effect snow potential. I’ve mastered the art of the chase at this point, so no big loss. Anywhoo...psyched about the early storm coming up. These are rare...Couple inches of slop before Nov 15 is typical, but this not so much. Much more likely IMO to get a late April pasting than an early November synoptic hit.