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KBUF - station identifier (Buffalo airport) 120254Z - date and time of observation (12th at 2:54 Z = 9:54 PM EST) 02011KT - wind direction and speed (020 degrees or NNE at 11 knots) 1/2SM - visibility (1/2 statute mile) R23 5000V6000 FT (runway 23 visibility variable 5000 to 6000 ft) SN FZFG (obstruction to visibility in this case moderate snow and freezing fog) VV009 - not sure what this is M03/M06 - temperature and dew point in Celsius A2995 - altimeter reading (29.95 inches) This is followed by remarks

Just measured 1 1/2 inches here so far. About an hour ago it had changed over to a freezing drizzle but now it’s back to snow.

Approaching an inch here and snowing moderately in Brewerton. Conditions are bad enough in Chicago that a plane skidded off the runway at ORD this morning. By the way I thought the usage of “death band” was prohibited on this board?

Anybody watching the Panthers/Green Bay game? They’re getting the beginnings of our storm. The ground is beginning to get covered there.

I’m having chest pains just looking at that picture.

November 9,1995 I closed on my house. I drove up the thruway in a snowstorm from Canastota west. KSYR got 7.9 inches that day. November 1995 is the snowiest November at Syracuse with 34.2 inches.

It’s been an interesting afternoon here weather wise. First Syracuse broke 80 degrees for the first time in over 200 days. Then thunderstorms fired up to the west and moved through Onondaga County. Each one produced heavy rain and the last one spawned a tornado warning. I haven’t seen any confirmation that any damage occurred yet. It looks like things are winding down now but it was pretty wild for a while. Edit: It was 256 days since the last 80 degree temperature in Syracuse or 8 1/2 months.

Grassy surfaces are now snow covered. Snowing moderately to heavy.

It’s been sleeting here all afternoon. Looks like it just flipped over to mostly snow.

County Location Inches Source Oneida Durhamville 4 NNW 11.4 CoCoRaHS Oneida Verona Beach 11.4 Broadcast Media Madison Oneida 8 Broadcast Media Oswego REDFIELD 3 SSW 8 Public Oswego Oswego 5 ESE 7.8 CoCoRaHS Madison Hamilton 7 Social Media Onondaga Baldwinsville 4 NE 7 CoCoRaHS Madison Oneida NW 6.8 CoCoRaHS Oneida Clinton 6.5 Trained Spotter Oneida Westmoreland 6 Social Media Cayuga Sterling 4 SSE 5.8 Social Media Oneida Sauquoit 5.8 Trained Spotter Oneida Vienna 3 SW 5.6 Trained Spotter Onondaga Brewerton 2 ESE 5.5 CoCoRaHS Onondaga Clay 5 NW 5.5 CoCoRaHS Onondaga Bayberry 5.3 Trained Spotter Madison Munnsville 2 SW 5 CoCoRaHS Onondaga Clay 2 SE 5 CoCoRaHS Onondaga Jamesville 5 Trained Spotter Onondaga Baldwinsville 4.5 Co-Op Observer Onondaga De Witt 1 WSW 4.5 CoCoRaHS Oneida Camden 4 Trained Spotter Oneida Whitesboro 2 SW 4 CoCoRaHS Onondaga Syracuse 4 Broadcast Media Onondaga Syracuse 3 S 4 CoCoRaHS Delaware Fleischmanns 6 N 3.8 CoCoRaHS Madison Nelson 2 NW 3.8 Trained Spotter Oneida Rome 5 SSE 3.8 CoCoRaHS Oswego Lacona 4 SSE 3.8 CoCoRaHS Oneida Point Rock 1 SE 3.7 CoCoRaHS Oswego Fulton 3.5 Co-Op Observer Oswego Fulton W 3.5 CoCoRaHS Chenango South Otselic 3.4 Social Media Orleans Medina WNW 3.3 CoCoRaHS Tompkins Groton 3 SSW 3.2 CoCoRaHS Wyoming Wyoming COOP 3.2 CoCoRaHS Wayne Walworth 2 SW 3.1 CoCoRaHS Genesee Batavia 3 WSW 3 CoCoRaHS Madison Cazenovia 3 SE 3 CoCoRaHS Orleans Albion 2 NW 3 CoCoRaHS Tompkins Ithaca 6 E 3 CoCoRaHS Madison Leonardsville 2.8 Trained Spotter Monroe Rochester 9 NNW 2.8 CoCoRaHS Otsego Hartwick 2.8 CoCoRaHS Cayuga Moravia 6 ENE 2.5 CoCoRaHS Delaware Hobart 5 ESE 2.5 CoCoRaHS Erie Boston 3 NE 2.5 CoCoRaHS Erie Clarence Center ESE 2.5 CoCoRaHS Jefferson West Carthage ENE 2.5 CoCoRaHS Madison Chittenango 2.5 Trained Spotter Monroe Rochester Airport 2.5 ASOS Otsego Hartwick 2.5 Social Media Tompkins Groton 1 NW 2.5 CoCoRaHS Madison Chittenango 2 ESE 2.3 CoCoRaHS Otsego Bridgewater 4 SSE 2.3 CoCoRaHS Erie Amherst 5 NNE 2.2 CoCoRaHS Chautauqua Jamestown 5 NNW 2 CoCoRaHS Cortland Freetown 1 NE 2 CoCoRaHS Erie Boston 2 NE 2 CoCoRaHS Erie Elma 3 WSW 2 CoCoRaHS Niagara Youngstown 2 NE 2 Co-Op Observer Tioga Berkshire 2 N 2 CoCoRaHS Wayne Palmyra 2 NW 2 CoCoRaHS Niagara Lockport 1 NE 1.9 CoCoRaHS Chautauqua Fredonia 1 WNW 1.8 CoCoRaHS Cortland Marathon 1 NW 1.8 CoCoRaHS Delaware Delhi 7 WNW 1.8 CoCoRaHS Lewis Highmarket 1.8 Co-Op Observer Oswego Minetto SE 1.8 CoCoRaHS Erie Buffalo Airport 1.7 ASOS Erie Cheektowaga 3 NE 1.7 CoCoRaHS Erie Clarence Center 1 N 1.7 CoCoRaHS Niagara Lockport 3 ESE 1.7 CoCoRaHS Chenango Norwich 5 W 1.6 CoCoRaHS Tompkins Freeville 4 W 1.6 CoCoRaHS Cattaraugus New Albion 2se 1.5 HADS Chenango Oxford 1 NNW 1.5 CoCoRaHS Erie East Aurora ENE 1.5 CoCoRaHS Erie Glenwood 2 SE 1.5 CoCoRaHS Greene Halcott Center 1.5 WeatherNet6 Lewis Constableville 1 NW 1.5 CoCoRaHS Niagara North Tonawanda 1.5 Co-Op Observer Niagara North Tonawanda 1 NNE 1.5 CoCoRaHS Oneida Holland Patent 1.5 Trained Spotter Oneida Holland Patent 1 WNW 1.5 CoCoRaHS Monroe Pittsford 4 SSE 1.4 CoCoRaHS Chautauqua Kennedy 3 SE 1.3 CoCoRaHS Jefferson Watertown 1 ESE 1.3 CoCoRaHS Cattaraugus Ischua SSE 1.2 CoCoRaHS Schoharie Charlotteville 1.2 WeatherNet6 Erie East Aurora 3 NNE 1.1 CoCoRaHS Genesee Stafford 2 NE 1.1 CoCoRaHS Cattaraugus Little Valley 1 Co-Op Observer Cayuga Aurora Research Farm 1 Co-Op Observer Erie Williamsville 3 E 1 CoCoRaHS Hamilton Indian Lake 1 WeatherNet6 Lewis Lowville 1 Co-Op Observer Schoharie Richmondville 1 WeatherNet6 Wyoming Silver Springs COOP 1 CoCoRaHS Chautauqua Dunkirk 1 SW 0.8 CoCoRaHS Erie Kenmore ESE 0.8 CoCoRaHS Monroe Scottsville NW 0.8 CoCoRaHS Wayne Macedon 3 ESE 0.8 CoCoRaHS Chautauqua Jamestown 4 ENE 0.7 Co-Op Observer Erie Hamburg WSW 0.6 CoCoRaHS Chautauqua Falconer WSW 0.5 CoCoRaHS Erie Elma Center 1 SE 0.5 CoCoRaHS Erie Kenmore 1 NW 0.5 CoCoRaHS Jefferson Dexter 2 SE 0.5 CoCoRaHS Ontario Geneva COOP 0.5 CoCoRaHS Ontario Geneva Research Farm 0.5 Co-Op Observer Ontario Honeoye 0.5 Co-Op Observer Oswego Pulaski 1 NE 0.5 CoCoRaHS Erie Blasdell 2 SSW 0.3 CoCoRaHS Niagara Niagara Falls Airport 0.3 ASOS Allegany Whitesville 0.2 Co-Op Observer Cattaraugus Franklinville 1 NNE 0.2 CoCoRaHS Greene West Kill 0.2 WeatherNet6 Montgomery Palatine Bridge 0.2 WeatherNet6 Source: National Weather Service

5.5 inches here too on 0.38 inch liquid. Why bother snowblowing this will be melted, at least on paved surfaces, by the end of the day. The sun is out here already.

Mid winter conditions out there right now. I’m eyeballing almost 2 inches and it’s still falling heavily. Nice April fools joke from Mother Nature!

3.2 inches here on 0.52 LE. Lost too much as rain yesterday afternoon. Finally flipped about 7 last night. The sun is already starting to melt the snow and with a forecast of 50 degrees tomorrow it should be mostly a memory by Monday.

It flipped over to snow here about 7 and it’s now pouring snow. Grass is covered and the temperature has dropped to 32.

It’s been a mixture of rain and snow here for about the last hour. It looks on radar like the precipitation is building in from the north. I don’t anticipate any accumulation during the day and we’ll see what happens tonight. It’s hard to get excited about 6 inches this time of the year when you know 50 degrees and sun on Sunday is going to melt most if not all of it.

I think Jim Teske on Channel 9 is the most conservative when it comes to accumulation forecasts.

You must be a Clarkson alum, I’m a Cornell grad. Cornell and Clarkson could meet in the finals on Saturday. Cornell won 5-0 in Ithaca and they played to a 2-2 tie on a late Clarkson goal in Potsdam. It would be a good game but first Cornell needs to beat Brown and Clarkson needs to beat Harvard on Friday.

The ECAC (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) hockey tournament is in Lake Placid this weekend. Cornell is playing in it. The teams are probably getting there today so they should be alright but any fans coming in over the weekend might have problems.

Let’s have a little late season excitement. It will all melt on Sunday anyways.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Binghamton NY 352 PM EDT Wed Mar 20 2019 NYZ009-017-018-036-037-044>046-212000- /O.NEW.KBGM.WS.A.0008.190322T1200Z-190323T1500Z/ Northern Oneida-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Madison-Southern Oneida- Cortland-Chenango-Otsego- Including the cities of Boonville, Auburn, Syracuse, Hamilton, Oneida, Rome, Utica, Cortland, Norwich, and Oneonta 352 PM EDT Wed Mar 20 2019 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 5 to 10 inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph creating areas of blowing and drifting snow Friday night. * WHERE...Northern Oneida, Southern Cayuga, Onondaga, Madison, Southern Oneida, Cortland, Chenango and Otsego counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Saturday morning.

Looks like the heaviest precipitation for us comes in the middle of the afternoon. Boundary layer will be above freezing so little accumulation, especially on the lake plain. Looks like a good hit for the mountains of New Hampshire and Maine.

Hey Wolfie, how does that coastal at the end of the week look on the Euro? Big bomb for New England, nothing for us, lol?

I’m in that little patch of dark blue (4-6 inches) that extends into northern Onondaga county which is about right. Had a wind shift to southwest this morning that has pushed the temperature here into the upper 50s and dew points into the mid 40s which has sped up snow melt.

You don’t need to go too far south of here to find little snow outside of piles. Several factors have contributed to the retention of the snowpack here. First of all we have received over 2 feet of snow over the last couple of weeks including nearly 16 inches on 2/26. Also, the pack that was on the ground before the new snow over the last few weeks was a glacier, almost all ice. But the biggest reason to our snow retention is the relatively cooler temperatures here. While western NY and even downtown Syracuse were in the 60s to near 70 yesterday I stayed in the 40s most of the day. I woke up this morning with the temperature at 42. This is what my neighborhood looks like this morning. Some bare ground is beginning to show but snow cover is still about 95%.