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I mean I was saying from day one this whole event seemed centered around a giant Great Lakes induced thermal trough, however I didn’t really believe it would be this strong or actually pan out.

Completely anomalous and fooled me. I had it all wrong. I still don’t understand where the southwest wind came from. Weird wild stuff.

I’m back in the Roc, 200.2 miles today. It was certainly interesting and the second half of the day salvaged things. North side of Buffalo got hit pretty good. Not a blockbuster day but no regrets. Probably the deepest and heaviest snow I’ll be in this year.

Lot of graupel at times. Might explain the higher returns. It’s pounding pretty good though.

North side of Buffalo has a lot of snow! All these tiny back streets are completely clogged with snow. These are the fun ones to blast around on. I’m sitting in a nice position now waiting for that new strong band to get here.

Let me know when you’re on the move.

For some of us us would awesome! But I agree just take the above mentioned route and they’ll have no issues aside from a million potholes on 86.

Maybe we’ll cross paths as I’m heading back and you’re heading out?

Yeah I’m anchored down in Tonawanda/Kenmore for now after cruising up to the falls. Upstream radars showing synoptic moisture coming in and the band appears to show some signs of reorganizing. Hopefully I’ll get some action on my way outta here around 4-5.

No way you could have taken the day off or at least a half day?

I tughill Matt’d the shit out of this band. Meeting up with a friend for lunch to salvage the afternoon lol.

Heading north on transit enroute to my old stomping grounds in NT. It’s pounding!

You would part that band like Moses at the Red Sea

I’ll be on the move. If It is all falls apart I’ll grab wings at duffs and call it a day. I drive there just for them sometimes anyway. Haha

If the bad dies soon it’s my fault because I’m enroute to Buffalo! LFG!

Boy I really blew it. Son of a bitch.

What’s odd is that winds odd Huron look westerly. And winds by Cleveland look westerly or even WNW, but maybe those are higher clouds?? Surprised we are getting such a solid SW flow to be honest. Lake Erie must be modifying these winds a bit. Still wouldn’t be surprised to things drop a little south over the next couple of hours

Of course I’m having some regrets. A broad daylight chase in downtown would have been pretty amazing

My kind of lake effect!

That’s true but Batavia has the ability to get 18-24 inch totals in the most perfect setups, which some people might not expect. Wyoming county was always one of the best locations during the good years. Elevation helps them a lot.

Don’t encourage this. Just..no.

Agree the weather is a concern but thankfully the jets are a mentally blown out team by this point in another meaningless season. I don’t think they’ll have much fight left in them, especially on the road.

They’re in an interesting spot where some years they get crushed by both Erie in the SW events and also double and triple lake connections from Ontario huron and even superior (those super narrow bands that lock in overnight sometimes). But those are rare enough years that they probably don’t change the average. I imagine it’s around 80 overall though.

Scotty hesko hedging south quite a bit. But he doesn’t have a lot of skin in this one anyway, haha

95 percent no. If I woke up and places had 18 inches already and 3 inch an hour rates (somehow, magically) I would probably call a crazy audible and head out. But honestly, this is still a moderate event in my opinion with a much higher chance of coming in lower than higher. But if I lived in Hamburg you bet your ass Id be out there for a little while tonight! and probably all day tomorrow. For me to chase Buffalo it’s a four hour minimum time investment and a lot of in between travel…..and that only gets me about 90 minutes in the fun stuff! I’d rather go out for 6-8 hours.