AppsRunner Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 The original cloud streets on the west end of Erie starting to orient back to the WSW as opposed to the due W earlier. Would expect the main band to lift back north a little bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 22 minutes ago, DeltaT13 said: Three days or rain chances and temps in the 40's for the high peaks next week. You can't make this shit up. I'm just going into it like its a spring skiing trip. Soul crushing though. Been planning this trip since August, we have a crew of 20 people.....boooooo You and me both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Blizzard warning off both lakes it’s officially 1985 redux! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Forecast here went from 10"-20" to 16"-26" plus what ever falls on friday morning... Tonight Snow showers likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around -3. Wind chill values as low as -20. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Thursday Snow before 1pm, then snow showers likely after 1pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow after 9am. High near 10. Wind chill values as low as -20. Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches possible. Thursday Night Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow before 8pm. Low around 2. Wind chill values as low as -15. Southwest wind 7 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 9 to 13 inches possible. Friday Snow showers, mainly before 2pm. High near 15. Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Going to take some jeb walks later in my ski gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SouthBuffaloSteve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 12 minutes ago, WesterlyWx said: Blue skies now! It keeps getting better. Yeah dude this garbage! Watching the video from Hamburg/OP getting crushed and even downtown still getting hammered. I look out my window here... no snow no wind clear visibility and I can see those blue skies through the scattered clouds... Measured another 2.3” so up to a 8.7” storm total but still this bites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buffalo Bumble Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Blizzard conditions 100% verified!!! Just had a pretty crazy experience...Left for the the Galleria mall at 1 PM after heard they were closing at 2 PM (long story why I would drive down there in this weather, but it involves a daughter studying abroad and needing Euro's ASAP...). Conditions weren't too bad at home, snowing pretty good but we're sheltered from the wind. The 90 from 290 down to Walden was passable, times of reduced visibility down to 100 feet but manageable. But Walden Ave itself not so much. Basically 0 visibility, cars crawling and trying not to run into each other. Somehow managed to turn onto the mall road, which was a mistake. No visibility whatsoever, and no idea where to turn into main parking areas. Hoped for the best that no vehicles were coming and managed to turn around. Then it took 10 minutes to find an exit back onto Walden. Navigated around a jackknifed tractor trailer and another car off the road to get back on the 90, then mostly smooth sailing home. As much as we love this weather, it's actually quite scary to be in the middle of a full-fledged blizzard. Not a great feeling to be surrounded by nothing but white with no idea which direction to turn. That said....truly EPIC conditions in the BUF!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southbuffalowx Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 minute ago, SouthBuffaloSteve said: Yeah dude this garbage! Watching the video from Hamburg/OP getting crushed and even downtown still getting hammered. I look out my window here... no snow no wind clear visibility and I can see those blue skies through the scattered clouds... Measured another 2.3” so up to a 8.7” storm total but still this bites! Man I swear whatever snow you get I get. Just measured and cleared off my board and I'm up to 8.7" as well. This snow hole definitely blows. I'd be more than happy with a storm total of 12" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I updated this Piece of Garbage Map. I added that little 0” strip cause snow doesn’t fall there.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Pretty nice forecast 4 miles SSW of sandy creek.. This Afternoon Snow before 4pm, then snow showers likely after 4pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow. High near 8. Wind chill values as low as -20. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Tonight A chance of snow showers before 7pm, then snow after 7pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow between 7pm and 3am. Low around -6. Wind chill values as low as -25. Breezy, with a southwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 12 to 18 inches possible. Thursday Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow after 10am. High near 7. Wind chill values as low as -20. Breezy, with a west wind 13 to 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 19 to 25 inches possible. Thursday Night Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow before 8pm. Low around -1. Wind chill values as low as -15. West wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches possible. Friday Snow showers, mainly before 1pm. High near 12. West wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Travel bans all over and state of emergency for Erie county. Can confirm 0 visibility out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Just now, BuffaloWeather said: Travel bans all over and state of emergency for Erie county. Can confirm 0 visibility out there. EC really going after this one. The plow company that clears our plaza lot was just recalled by the county and had to send all drivers and equipment to EC Diaster Command for road plowing assignments across the county... This is just unreal that nothing is going on here. Not even any wind. Like being in the eye of a hurricane... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, SouthBuffaloSteve said: I updated this Piece of Garbage Map. I added that little 0” strip cause snow doesn’t fall there... . Does anyone know why this happens? Seriously. I would love to know why this always happens here. It’s not like we’re way below everyone else in elevation so it can’t be downsloping. Im very curious as to why this is the screw zone on nearly every event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 minute ago, SouthBuffaloSteve said: EC really going after this one. The plow company that clears our plaza lot was just recalled by the county and had to send all drivers and equipment to EC Diaster Command for road plowing assignments across the county... This is just unreal that nothing is going on here. Not even any wind. Like being in the eye of a hurricane... My storm total is barely more then you guys it happens..? It’s a whiteout here because of winds but snow has let up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeyes_Suck Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 To my untrained eye the satellite feed looks like the winds are backing down towards Cleveland and the band will strengthen in the next couple hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BuffaloWeather Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Wind chills in the -30s all over upstate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, WesterlyWx said: I’m just really surprised about the winds! I thought being between those two bands we would have some big winds but it’s nearly dead clam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Point and click definitely went higher here. Over 2 feet expected....Hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 KROC managed to get to +SN last hour. BUF back down to 1/16 SM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 KBUF just verified 3 continuous hours of blizzard conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinksnow18 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said: Travel bans all over and state of emergency for Erie county. Can confirm 0 visibility out there. The northern band still dropping up to an inch an hour...took a drive to Sheridan and the corner of my street and snow plowings are 4 to 5 feet tall 2 1/2 feet on the ground and 23" for the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 minute ago, SouthBuffaloSteve said: I’m just really surprised about the winds! I thought being between those two bands we would have some big winds but it’s nearly dead clam... It literally is like a beautiful day here. No snow falling. Partly sunny skies. Almost no wind. It’s surreal to know there’s a State of Emergency and driving band everywhere around us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Bored so pacing laps around the block with a beer waiting for a snow band to get here.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthBuffaloSteve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 WOW BUF just issued a PDS Statement...Special Weather StatementNational Weather Service Buffalo NY212 PM EST WED JAN 30 2019NYZ010>012-019-085-302115-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-Wyoming-Genesee-Northern Erie-212 PM EST WED JAN 30 2019...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT WYOMING...ERIE...NORTHERNCHAUTAUQUA AND GENESEE COUNTIES...At 212 PM EST, Two bands of lake effect snow are producing snow fallrates of 1 to 2 inches per hour along with visibilities near zero.Temperatures are below zero with wind chills near -25 degrees belowzero....THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...Blinding snow and whiteout conditions are occurring. A casual driveor trip outside can quickly lead to a life threatening situationwithout proper winter gear. Please heed all travel bans.Two separate bands are occuring east of Lake Erie. One is overBuffalo and the Thruway east past Batavia. A second and strongerband extends from the PA line, across the Boston Hills, theSouthtowns, and into far northwest Wyoming County. These bands areconverging over Genesee County and are producing whiteout conditionsthere as well. These bands will move very little throughout much ofthe afternoon. Meanwhile, temperatures will continue to drop furtherbelow zero while wind gusts exceed 35 mph at times, producingblizzard conditions at times and dangerous wind chills.Locations impacted include...Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, Lackawanna, Amherst, Dunkirk,Hamburg, Evans, Eden, Orchard Park, Silver Creek, Blasdell, Angola,Derby, Angola on the Lake, and North Boston.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WxNoob Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Ferocious squall at my office north of Cortland. An inch or two down in the last hour and can barely see across the street at times. Seems like Finger Lakes enhanced/effect W flow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Wow, wind is howling here. Front definitely went through. Went from a calm and quiet morning to strong winds and blowing snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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