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Lock it in. 3-4" of FZA over Erie. Would FZA freeze over Erie as it falls? The world may never know.

Good view of the lake today, full sunshine. You can see the Chautauqua ridgeline there with the snow line.

this is more accurate map for WNY than the one I posted.

new map

Same. Want to go do some more cross country skiing. Hopefully its meaty stuff and at least 6" to get the trails looking good.

Better enjoy this snowstorm. Putin just declared war on the entire world. Dudes insane.

Buffalo airport is in Cheektowaga NY (9 miles NE of the city), Syracuse airport is 5 miles north of the city North Syracuse , the Rochester airport is 3 miles southwest of downtown. Erie airport is 5 miles southwest of downtown, just outside the city boundary. I'd say out of all those locations Syracuse total is best spot for snowfall totals. If Rochester recording station was 3 miles NE of the city instead of SW they would average quite a bit more, same with Buffalo 3 miles SE of the city. If Syracuse was 3 miles south of the city their average would drop significantly. Binghamtons recording location is in a great place for snow totals too, forgot about them. Their average is much higher than the city is. The example you posted is definitely different though. If the totals were recorded along the water in Marquette the annual totals would drop by feet, thats a massive difference in recording locations. We saw this when Buffalos recording station was right along the water, the average snowfall totals was much lower than what it is now.

Agreed, system has lots of issues. No big snowfall rates, thermal issues, secondary taking over, storm track uncertainty. I'm more interested in the arctic front.

KBUF mentions top 2 analogs January 28th 2009 and February 5th 2014

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There are actually no snowfall spotters in the best spot along the Chautauqua ridge. They likely average quite a bit more than lori in Perrysburg up there.

Around 750 feet here.

Its similar to the Chautauqua ridge. You go from the coastline to 2300 feet in a matter of a few miles

I may have to add that to the hiking list. Not too high but should be some pretty good views of Lake Superior.

Marquette>Buf NWS. Those are beautiful maps

That's as much snow on the ground as 4k feet in the Adirondacks had during my hike over the weekend, impressive. Was anywhere from 45-60". La Nina years are usually the best for the Upper Great lakes. How many below/above average snowfall years have you had up there the last 10 years?

The higher res guidance brings primary pretty far north. Like I said yesterday the primary might make it up to Buffalo.

Northern Michigan has been having a great winter. Marquette with 155" on the year and 33" on the ground. WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ............................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 14 57 1984 27 -13 38 MINIMUM 12 -18 2001 8 4 20 AVERAGE 13 18 -5 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.71R 0.38 2017 0.09 0.62 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 2.35 1.72 0.63 1.04 SINCE DEC 1 8.88 6.65 2.23 3.88 SINCE JAN 1 5.11 4.05 1.06 2.48 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 12.2 R 7.5 1974 1.3 10.9 0.9 MONTH TO DATE 41.1 28.9 12.2 14.8 SINCE DEC 1 134.0 110.9 23.1 58.0 SINCE JUL 1 154.9 140.5 14.4 90.1 SNOW DEPTH 33

No 85 and sunny until November

I love being close to the lake as I utilize the lake much more in summer and its nice being close. Also the high dews on summer nights are my cup of tea.

Any snow doesn't matter for depth. It's March next week. It's go big or go home time

Enjoy enjoy this storm. The southeast ridge is making a comeback in March