Same. That's how I remember cutters always going when I posting more years ago. People get hyped for cutters, models usually too far SE. Maybe models are better now, though.
KBUF snow total is kinda fluky too since the airport was in the sweet spot for a couple LES events, which is unusual. North of the city where I am, we're below average and I assume the southtowns are well below normal.
I'm not seeing anything in models and wind maps that suggest any of these storms at least the next week or so preventing waves going anywhere but east and out to sea. But this has been an unusual winter.
12z GFS shows the biggest clipper on the 26th doing that now with another brief thaw like today. The positive is models still aren't showing much signs of a huge warmup like most seem to think will happen in February-April yet.
I grew up on the Buffalo/West Seneca border and the difference in snow maintenance is night and day once you hit the city line. It's why I usually root for snow to stay in the suburbs. It sucks for those people, especially in like the really narrow streets of South Buffalo.
KBUF and every TV met here is like "nor'easter, maybe a heavy snow, we might get brushed by it". Even the usual big hype ones like Cejka are like whatever so far. Weird for a synoptic storm with this potential.
Remarkable difference from your 16" and the around 3" UB North got.
I can't recall a Lake Effect event where the city proper, North to South Buffalo, was the jackpot like this one. Usually your location is just north of the good stuff.
Finally getting into this now in Getzville. As usual, for bands to get this far north, it requires a passing shortwave or quickly moving at the start/end of an event. It won't last long, but better than nothing.
The truest snow weenie will live in the Tug Hill forest like the North Pond Hermit. Or on one of those Sierra or Cascade mountains that gets like 1000" of snow per year.
Same, I got to do a nice long jog for the first time in a long time. Now to get the annoying remaining ice/slush off the park paths here in the northtowns... it will probably be another week.
6-7" in Getzville this morning. More than I thought there would be after hearing the sleet pelting my window in the early morning hours.
Hopefully Thursday night at least hits as an advisory for WNY before the gradual melt starts next week.
I live a couple miles north of UB North, it was noticeably deeper just a few miles south of here by like Williamsville SEward. Still got like 4-6" here overall though, better than I thought West Amherst would get. It's died down the last half hour despite radar still showing decent returns.
The first ~60 degree day in March always has a special feeling. A little dampened this year since this winter had many mild days, but it was still beautiful and enjoyable. And that there's looking to be at least a handful of them coming later in the month.