SouthBuffaloSteve

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Follow this group on Facebook! Pretty cool they put out a daily forecast map and have a whole network of spotters along the shores of Ontario, Erie and Huron. Nice double waterspout picture in front of the sunrise over Lake Erie this morning. .

WIVB was reporting higher amounts earlier today. Think that 4.44” would be excluded as too much of an outlier with the other surrounding reports generally maxing at 2.5” - 3.0”. .

Well look at that! .

Getting pretty active this afternoon! .

Peak intensity earlier today. Take a look at the training storms over Michigan. Almost looks like the lake was feeding them. .

That line plowed over 1,000 miles today without a single hiccup until it hit Lake Erie... This thunderstorm warning is odd. States the cell is moving northeast along the lake from Angola? That cluster is almost dead and whatever is left is moving west into Hamburg Boston not into the city... There is a very nice lightning show looking south however. .

An incredible storm complex. This thing has held together all day! .

Let’s see if these can bust through that lake breeze tonight. Could really go for a good thunderstorm! .

Meanwhile upstream... Thunderstorm wind gusts to 105mph!?!?WOW! .

There’s something you don’t see often... Set our MAX and MIN temps for the day 45 minutes apart. Heat advisory was a huge bust on today’s forecast. .

Big time dud! Lost some of its punch crossing the lake but even under those good returns just a 15 minute downpour... .

Looks like BUF is finally going to get a good line of storms! It just had that feeling outside today that the skies were going to let loose. .

Nice! Post a test flight video. What’s the height limit on that? You should be able to get a nice view over the lake from your yard. .

Gotta love these summer breeze boundaries... Just missing Pac-Man in Buffalo harbor gobbling them up... May have lost all their moisture but still a stormy look passing... .

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Good read... .

Perfect outside! Well except the rain drops already working in. Still can’t get more than a few hour window of decent weather around here!

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Great video of the storm moving into Forestville earlier tonight. Not much of anything here good light show and downpour and that was it. .

DISCUSSION...A squall line has now become well developed in western Pennsylvania and is starting to accelerate eastward. This line of storms will pose a threat for damaging winds as it moves east. Isolated embedded mesovorticies are possible in the line, but the low-level shear vector remains mostly parallel to the line which should tamper a more widespread threat. The highest tornado potential will be along and near the warm front in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York. Currently, the strongest storm in the band is located along the warm front and is showing at least broad rotation. This storm and any that develop near it will likely pose the greatest tornado threat for the next few hours. .

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Very impressive lake response! .

That sun felt so good this morning! Didn’t even feel like single digits out. I’m ready to get back outside cabin fever is setting in!

Crazy!! March with the lake 93% frozen but look at this band cranking up! I’m in the core right now easily 2”/hr rates. Huge flakes just pouring down! Seeing some feeders extending out into lake maybe a surprise for the southtowns tonight??? .