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Probably looking towards Buffalo?

I know we have fantastic snow removal operations at our upstate airports but it still amazes me they can keep the flights going in weather like this. Obviously instrument flight rules are in effect.

Sorry SouthBuffaloSteve, I thought you meant the 3 obs were over a 3 hour period.

The bottom two observations are special obs at 1827Z and 1848Z and the third is the regular observation at 1854Z so this isn’t a 3 hour period.

The band that was up in the thousand islands earlier s now getting swept off the lake with the arctic front. That’s what you were in the middle of.

Where are you now?

Looks like the Buffalo airport is getting blitzed right now. 1/16 mile visibility in heavy snow! Are planes taking off and landing in that? KBUF 301654Z 26019G30KT 1/16SM R23/1200V2200FT +SN BLSN VV012 M18/M21 A2988 RMK AO2 PK WND 26030/1650 SLP135 P0000 T11781206

Light pixie dust falling here ahead of the arctic front.

Thanks a lot!

It’s snowing light to moderate here coming up on one inch. I believe Syracuse has already surpassed it’s record low snowfall.

GENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Binghamton NY 306 PM EST Mon Jan 28 2019 NYZ018-036-044-045-056-PAZ039-043-044-047-292015- /O.UPG.KBGM.WS.A.0003.190129T1200Z-190130T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBGM.WW.Y.0007.190129T0600Z-190130T0600Z/ Onondaga-Madison-Cortland-Chenango-Broome-Susquehanna-Wyoming- Lackawanna-Luzerne- Including the cities of Syracuse, Hamilton, Oneida, Cortland, Norwich, Binghamton, Hallstead, Montrose, Tunkhannock, Scranton, Hazleton, and Wilkes-Barre 306 PM EST Mon Jan 28 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 7 inches expected. Snowfall rates up to 1 inch per hour are possible at times Tuesday into Tuesday evening. Winds gusting up to 35 mph. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. In New York, Onondaga, Madison, Cortland, Chenango and Broome counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM Tuesday to 1 AM EST Wednesday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. Very cold to even dangerously cold wind chills are expected to begin late Tuesday night and continue through at least Thursday night.

Share| Winter Storm Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 224 PM EST Mon Jan 28 2019 NYZ006-290330- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0005.190129T0300Z-190201T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0004.190129T0300Z-190201T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WC.A.0002.190130T1900Z-190131T2300Z/ Oswego- Including the city of Oswego 224 PM EST Mon Jan 28 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected tonight through Tuesday night. Heavy lake effect snow expected Wednesday through Friday morning. Snow accumulations of 7 to 14 inches possible tonight through Tuesday night, with the greatest amounts on the Tug Hill Plateau. Snow accumulations of 2 to 3 feet expected Wednesday through Friday morning, with the greatest amounts on the Tug Hill Plateau. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph later Wednesday through Thursday, which may produce near blizzard conditions with severe blowing and drifting snow. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero possible. * WHERE...Oswego county. * WHEN...For the Winter Storm Warning, from 10 PM this evening to 7 AM EST Friday. For the Wind Chill Watch, from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 15 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy snow will fall in relatively narrow bands. If traveling, be prepared for rapidly changing road conditions and visibilities. Submit snow reports through our website or social media. This is a potentially dangerous situation to be outdoors. If you must be outside, be sure to cover all exposed skin. Frostbite can occur in 15 minutes or less with apparent temperatures of 25 below zero or colder.

I was tempted to post the same thing. Par for the course, not that it will amount to anything but a mile south of me it’s probably snowing pretty good.

Pouring snow here.

...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST FOR NORTHERN CAYUGA AND ONONDAGA COUNTIES... At 925 AM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from 7 miles north of Central Square to Marcellus to Union Springs, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...Heavy snow and blowing snow. Wind gusts up to 30 mph. SOURCE...Radar and webcams. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. This includes the following highway exits... Interstate 90 between 34A and 39. New York Interstate 81 between 16A and 30. Locations impacted include... Onondaga, Syracuse, Clay, Cicero, Auburn, De Witt, Van Buren, Baldwinsville, North Syracuse and Solvay.

If you ask me these maps are getting to be something of a joke. How much faith can anyone put in them when they seem to change significantly every time they’re updated. Just yesterday they had 4-6 inches for southern Oswego County which is a stone throw from where I live. Now it’s down to <1 inch. Someone would need to be constantly checking for updates to see what the latest forecast is and how many people outside of us s do that?

Just started snowing heavily here in the last 5 minutes. The orientation of the band to the southwest gives me hope it might last here a little longer than 10 minutes.

If you look at the orientation of this Lake Erie band west of Sodus it could end up orienting from Oswego to Mexico to Pulaski.

Snow should be ending downtown in the next half hour as the band moves north.

If you look at the Albany radar it actually extends all the way to Vermont!

Both bands drifting north right now. The Lake Ontario band looks like it will end up north of Watertown this morning. I might get a few crumbs off that Lake Erie band but probably nothing more than mood flakes.

1.7 inches here overnight. A couple flakes in the air right now, what a tease!

Band’s heading north.

It doesn’t look that impressive but it’s producing right now.

The mesos had a band just south of us at 2Z moving through here around 4Z on it’s way north. They didn’t show a fairly stationary band over us this early.