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...

 

I’m hoping ERI doesn’t get enough snow tonight to hit 200” on the season.  I do believe they’ve gotten 170-180” which is still very impressive, but given obvious measuring issues at times this winter with bad over measures I hope they don’t get the distinction of being the only large city to get a 200” winter.  

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!





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

 

Wasn't expecting these squalls tonight...

 

54 minutes ago, vortmax said:

Can someone post lake temps? 

 

On 3/9/2018 at 11:27 AM, MAIDEsNow said:

I am glad you guys are getting good snows, awesome and nice pics! Getting my fair share here, about 8" total from yesterday and overnight til this morning. University weather cam continues to show some snow.

However, that is not my point of this post...

In the grand scheme of things it is not all that important, but since my co-workers just laugh at me and my passion for snow, I am going to share with you fine folks. The Erie Airport snowfall recording is completely, totally, & hysterically inaccurate. I don't know how to illustrate it otherwise, so below is the screen shot of CLE Snow Reports from last night.

Unless it is a typo, that top spot in Erie County at the Erie Airport of 6.1" is absurd. My employment is just down the road from there - it did not snow at all yesterday, some flurries from time to time and often partly cloudy. The idea that 6" of snow fell in the 12 hour window of 9am til 9pm on 3/8 is crazy. Heck, even thru this morning as of 9am - a 24 hour window - the total snow is about 2" max here where I work.

I just further cements in my mind that the snowfall record for Erie this winter in nowhere near the number of inches listed.

 

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?  

 

38 minutes ago, WesterlyWx said:

Think it's high here, right in the line of 4-6"/6-8". Think we see 4" if we're extremely lucky. 

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... 

1 minute ago, tim123 said:

Hundred thousand. Is that a typo

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

4 minutes ago, DeltaT13 said:

There was actually a legit band of East to West lake snow hitting the West end of the lake earlier today.  i wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it for myself.  Very interesting as delta T's shouldnt have allowed it.  I should have grabbed a screen shot.

 

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.