SouthBuffaloSteve

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Numerous all time records are possible this upcoming week along with the daily high temperature records... *Warmest Temp Ever 99* 8/27/1948 Could be close on Sunday... * Warmest July Temp Ever 97* 7/6/1988 Possible to be broken Sunday. * Longest streak of consecutive days 90*+ 7 days 7/5-7/10/1988 Current forcast has 7 straight 90*+ days...

Well the snow spotters at ERI were just quoted saying they are not measuring snow by the generally accepted guidelines of 4 measurements every 6 hours... measuring in 3 hour intervals during the day when compression is highest then at an 8 hour interval overnight when compression is less. Also they are summing 5 daily measurements instead of the accepted 4. I believe this should make the data unofficial! .

North side of Buffalo is getting some good flake action this morning!

Wasn't expecting these squalls tonight...

Something is certainly not right! What are these sudden precip spikes during overcast conditions? How does 15.6" of snow only add 2" to the snow depth?

Yeah I'm not seeing that for the lower elevations in WNY. Sure the higher elevations will probably hit 6+ but I think it will be a stretch for the rest of us here to cash in on this one...

WOW! Found the snow! A relative of mine who lives over in Ireland (about an hour outside of Dublin) sent me some pictures! Said in the past week they have had over 100cm or roughly 40 inches of snow and winds in excess of 70mph. They live in a rural area and were told it could be days before the roads are cleared...

Clear sky this afternoon great overhead shot of the snowfall last night! Look at how open Eire is now... It was over 75% covered at the start of the week!

Rich how are the trees holding up down your way? Starting to hear people say branches are comming down already...

Think he means nation wide... Saw 25,000 without power in Detroit from the snow...

Was this what you were talking about?

She is going full bore now! With how that snow is holding on with this winds picking up Id say we start seeing some power outages by midnight. That wind is really starting to be pretty impressive.

New Speical Weather Statement... Kinda reminds me of the October Storm Warning...

All the jumpers need to back down. I was starting to get a little skeptical but it has really started picking up the last 20 minutes after that slow start. Only a coating out there at 9 but just stepped out again and up to 1/2" on the board. Once that first coat gets down it will pile up quickly... Think there will be a sharp and large cutoff from north to south of BUF.

Good luck if you come up chasing this year. Feel free to hit me up if you do I can give you better specifics for a good hunt around Buffalo.

Keep your eyes on the upstate blog and wait for us all to start losing our $hit in the T minus 5 day range. If your traveling you got to be ready to drop everything and go. We're usually pretty accurate hitting these events but sometimes they do dud out, the big ones sometimes are a surprise. If your hitting the Buffalo area and looking for lodging I recommend the Hamburg area close to I 90. Your right in the middle of it usually and worst case only a 20-30 minute drive to the northern and southern band areas. Ive never chased off Ontario but heard it's quite an experience. Anywhere along 81 from Oswego to Watertown is gold. But you better be prepared for some extreme snow.