BuffaloWeather

Band won’t move much through tomorrow The expectation is that the lake band will meander a bit to the north and south, but it appears that it will remain parked across the Buffalo metro area at least through tonight and perhaps even through the day Saturday as steering winds remain southwesterly.

HRRR

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER... HAZARDS...The combination of a band of heavy snow and winds gusting to 65 mph is producing BLIZZARD conditions. In this band visibility is ZERO, and there are numerous vehicles stranded on the roadways. Do not attempt to travel in this band. LOCATION AND MOVEMENT...At 325 PM EST, a band of heavy snow was across the city of Buffalo, extending northeast across Cheektowaga, Williamsville, Clarence Center, and Akron. The band is expected to remain nearly stationary through sunset. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, North Tonawanda, Clarence, Lackawanna, Kenmore, Depew, Tonawanda, Amherst, Lancaster, Medina, Williamsville, Grand Island, Pendleton, Pembroke, Akron, Erie Basin Marina, Small Boat Harbor and Blasdell. This includes Interstate 90 between exits 48A and 55. SAFETY INFO... Travel is impossible in this area, with blizzard conditions.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=549947713652755

This will go down as the worst snowstorm in Buffalos history

insane

earlier today

Wind reports https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PNS&issuedby=BUF ...Chautauqua County... 3 NNW Fredonia 70 MPH 0900 AM 12/23 NDBC Dunkirk Airport 66 MPH 0856 AM 12/23 ASOS Fredonia 64 MPH 0815 AM 12/23 NYSM Jamestown Airport 48 MPH 0750 AM 12/23 AWOS Clymer 46 MPH 0810 AM 12/23 NYSM ...Erie County... 3 NW Lackawanna 79 MPH 1010 AM 12/23 NYSM Buffalo Airport 72 MPH 0940 AM 12/23 ASOS Buffalo 65 MPH 1100 AM 12/23 NOS-NWLON 1 S Hamburg 64 MPH 0840 AM 12/23 Cocorahs East Aurora 53 MPH 1030 AM 12/23 NYSM Buffalo 52 MPH 0910 AM 12/23 NYSM Brant 45 MPH 1105 AM 12/23 NYSM

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 3 feet with locally higher amounts possible. Winds gusting as high as 65 to 75 mph today and tonight. Blizzard conditions will last into Saturday night. Wind chills as cold as 10 to 20 below zero. * WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Erie, and Genesee counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Travel will be extremely difficult to impossible at times. Widespread blowing snow will significantly reduce visibility. Very strong winds could cause extensive tree damage and numerous power outages. The bitter wind chills as low as 10 to 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

Some webcams https://buffalowebcam.com/ https://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/map/text/twytextcameras.cgi?region=BUI90B

Airport getting hit hard a

This storm will rival the Blizzard of 1977.

I really don't understand why anyone is driving right now aside from emergency services. Driving ban went into place at 9:30

Winds are primiarily out of the SW/W and likely not to change until Monday. So I'd expect totals down there to be manageable.

No words

Sharing my 2 nest cams as long as power remains on, let me know if you guys can see the video. https://video.nest.com/live/28e8ddt5KG https://video.nest.com/live/nNlCfnzkYj

Lake is about to explode with snow. I expect lake enhanced snow into tonight across all of Erie county. Rates will be somewhat low due to winds and the impact the winds have on flake production. It won't really matter much with those windspeeds