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The airport opens today at 11 after being closed since early Friday morning. Driving ban going on day 6 for the city of Buffalo.

Quick video I did of the lake erie ice sculptures

A couple live streams if you guys want to see. I tried to go out in the worst conditions. I was constantly talking to chat so I don't believe the video records that so might sound a little weird watching the videos lol. At one point we topped out at over 1600 concurrent viewers

I have a bunch of videos walking around in the storm, was so much fun on youtube we had over 1,000 people viewing each time I went out and walked around the storm. Here are a few videos

My storm total was 51.3", 152.7" on the year.

With the cancellation of our winter weather advisories for Jefferson and Lewis counties at 9 PM, it is the first time since 2:22 PM on December 20 that we have had NO winter weather headlines in effect for our area. That's one week, 6 hours, 38 minutes.

A story like this shows just how severe this blizzard was, can’t even imagine something like this happening.

Totals: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PNS&issuedby=BUF

.HYDROLOGY... There is a small risk for flooding during the upcoming weekend, with any flooding likely to be more of the minor/nuisance variety. Much warmer weather is on the way, and significant snow melt will start on Thursday when highs reach into the 40s. Warm weather will continue through the weekend and into next week with highs in the lower 50s at most locations. There is high confidence in this, however snow melt alone rarely causes flooding. Latest model guidance suggests a couple weak systems will bring generally light rainfall to the region during the weekend, with rainfall amounts generally around a half inch. This is likely to push many of the Buffalo area Creeks and the Black River to action stage, but it should take around an inch of rain from this system before flooding becomes a concern. There`s a small risk this will happen, but in general the flood risk is low but non- zero. Outside of creek flooding, there could be issues with flooded basements in urban areas as the extensive snow pack gradually melts this weekend and into next week. Typically, this would not prompt a flood warning, but this still could be an impact. One other thing to note, is that there are some ice jams frozen in place on some creeks. For example, the gauge at Ebenezer on Cazenovia Creek is reading erroneously high due to an ice jam, and there`s likely a freeze up ice jam on Sandy Creek. Ice thickness is marginal to support ice jams, but these will have to be monitored as the warmer weather moves in.

I agree with this. I think the only hypothesis that could be made based on AGW are the constant thaws after nearly every event. In a "normal" winter lake Erie is frozen by the 2nd/3rd week of January. The last 10 years or so we're seeing the lake effect season last well into February. We saw 2 examples of that already this year. 80" in the November event and then a massive thaw and again with this event we are going to see 10 days of 40+ degrees. This results in Lake Eries lake effect potential lasting far longer than in past years. KBUF is going to have an above average Nov/Dec in terms of temperature, and they already had 100"+ of snow. That statistic is absolutely insane....

If you're looking for the snowiest city in Erie county with modern conveniences that would 100% be Springville. It's about a 40-45 minute drive from the city of Buffalo. They average around 200" per year. If you're looking for the secondary snowbelt only 25-30 minutes away from the city that would be Colden/Boston Hills area. Where I live in Hamburg is the immediate southtowns where I can walk to everything I need and still average 110-120" per. I can drive to downtown Buffalo in 15 minutes and I can get to the lake in 5 minutes. Which I love in the summer as the sun sets in the west over lake Erie. The sunsets here in the summer are incredible. The farther away you get from the lake the better snow retention as the elevation increases pretty quickly from west to east across the county. If you don't want a lot of snow you want to move north of Buffalo, some the averages up there are 70-80" per year. The taxes are pretty high in every suburb. The farther you go out from the city the lower the taxes on average. If you want to go for maximum snowfall in Western New York you want to head even further south into ski country. Towns like Perrysburg, Mayville, South Dayton all average 200"+ per year but are about 45 minutes-1 hour away from the city of Buffalo. They get the best of both worlds with maximum elevation and orographic lift off the hills off of the lake.

Are you moving here for the snow or for work? What's most important to you conveniences, land, close to the lake?

It really has, I love the snow as much as the next person but this city needs a break and we look to get that the next 10 days with the warmup. I'm up to 149" on the season and winter started 5 days ago...Another snow band is moving in as we speak thats supposed to drop 6-8" tonight. I've never seen anything like it. My town here in Hamburg averages 110-120" a year.

I think around 6-7". It was melting quick with the rain and warmth before the storm hit. That is solid concrete now.

47.6" storm total up to 149" on the year.

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