NAM not looking to great for synoptic or LES. Likely doesn't get the band north to Metro until really late Friday night. Definitely a step back from other model runs
I'm just talking in terms of snowfall distribution, not impact. This will not be as big as that. But I think all of Erie county have 1-2' by Sunday afternoon.
The WNW wind direction from near Huron and the SW/WSW from across WNY will likely develop some banding structures we've seen similar to the northern end of the band in Nov 2014. Convergent winds create additional lift.
RGEM coming in hot.
The winds become WSW and lock in nearly all day Saturday with 850s in the negative teens.
Early call but going 1-2' for all of Erie county and 3' lollies somewhere in Central Erie County.
The strong band likely last another 12-18 hours after the end of this run.
GFS brings the band really far north too into Niagara county. If this band moves that much I like KBUFs map, we won't be seeing crazy totals with it moving so much.