Posted on 11/16/2022 5:40:01 PM PST by george76
A long-duration lake-effect snowstorm is expected to bury parts of western and northern New York, including the cities of Buffalo and Watertown, under up to 3 feet of snow into this weekend.
Bands of heavy snow are expected to develop to the east and northeast of lakes Erie and Ontario beginning Wednesday night and continuing right through Sunday, when the Buffalo Bills are scheduled to host the Cleveland Browns at Highmark Stadium in the Buffalo Southtowns.
Lake-Effect Snow Warnings have been issued from the Buffalo metro area southwestward into northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio
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This will be the start of a prolonged lake-effect snow event which will likely include paralyzing snowfall for the Buffalo and Watertown areas late this week through the weekend," the National Weather Service office in Buffalo
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3 feet of snow is expected to pile up by Sunday afternoon, with localized amounts of up to 4 feet not ruled out.
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More than 5 feet of snow crippled the Buffalo Southtowns, with South Cheektowaga tallying the most snowfall at 65 inches in just two days between Nov. 17-19, 2014.
Hundreds of major roof collapses and structural failures were reported, thousands of drivers were stranded, and there were scattered food and gas shortages due to impassable roads. Numerous trees also fell down due to the weight of the snow, causing isolated power outages where trees were toppled onto power lines.
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A 132-mile stretch of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) was shut down for several days from the Pennsylvania border to Rochester, New York.
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Rochester, some 70 miles east of Buffalo, averages 102 inches of snow each winter, while Syracuse – America's snowiest city – typically receives 127.8 inches of snow.
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So do I.
I was laughing about it today.
This is what happens when you have a gorgeous warm fall and the lakes do not have the chance to cool off before the cold air comes down out of Canada.
Earlier in the fall, I told my sister and brother to watch out for this exact thing to happen and be ready with whatever they needed for groceries for the winter, because this would make it a tough one. Fortunately, they borh had the sense to listen.
Well do I remember the Blizzard of ‘77.
I had the very great fortune of being at home when it struck.
Up on the Tug Hill Plateau, it’s not unheard of for Ft Drum to send out tanks to pull snowplows out of ditches they got stuck in because they couldn’t see the road they were supposed to be plowing.
I would expect them too.
Getting a good snowfall for skiing on Thanksgiving weekend is a gift to the ski resorts.
Probably Holiday Valley, too and if the toboggan ramps are still open at Chestnut Ridge, they ‘ll be set, too.
Yes,there are places that get more snow, but as far as the category of cities is concerned, that is true for Syracuse.
Adam’s Center, north of Syracuse, is actually the snowiest place in the US. They regularly see snowfall rates from lake effect of 5”/hour.
I grew up a mile north of Chestnut Ridge Park.
That park was basically in my back yard.
I learned to ski there and at Kissing Bridge.
Were you there for the Blizzard of ‘77?
I grew up in Orchard Park.
Where the Buffalo Bills play.
I remember that winter of 77.
We had a week off of school.
I also remember jumping off the back of a neighbors house with a walk out basement into a snow drift.
They asked anyone who had a snowmobile to report to the fire department.
We delivered food to elderly people who couldn’t get out of their houses.
I was riding on the back of my buddies snowmobile going down the main four lane road and we went over a bump.
It turned out to be a buried car we went right over.
Yes, I was 14.
Lived on Powers Rd in Orchard Park.
You stocked up Brother ?
Did it hit you?
I was in Kenmore at the time, and we got nailed, but the Kenmore DPW kept the streets open during the entire event. Their DPW rocked..
Yes… my husband’s family are all in around Buffalo. His dad was a WWII hero…as were they all! These are hearty people who know how to deal with this weather, unlike NYC!
Syracuse (I went to SU) gets a lot of lake effect snow because Lake Ontario never freezes over.
Whereas Erie typically freezes over every January.
However, during the Blizzard of 77 Erie had frozen over the earliest ever on record.
So a whole lot of snow had piled up on the ice west of Buffalo.
The wind picked up to 75 mph and blew it off the frozen lake and east onto WNY.
There were snow drifts over 10’ high.
A couple months later in March we had an ice storm. It was even worse. Broken trees, no power and no school for a week.
We hung out at my friend’s house about a mile away because his house was on a power line that never lost juice.
What sucked though was bailing water out of the sump pump hole in the basement and dumping it in the stationary tub all night long to prevent the basement from flooding.
We still ended up with about 2” of water in the basement.
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😛😍
Only 3 feet? Buffalonians can do that standing on their heads.
Yes, the southtowns always got more snow than the city.
From OP down to Ellicottville(Holiday valley) always got the most.
From Hamburg down to Fredownia there would always be white out conditions on the freeway I90 along the lake.
none in the forecast, but there was snow this morning and couple days ago... not a lot but enough to track
My dad bought their houses north of Buffalo for that reason. He grew up in south Buffalo and had enough of the snow.
I used to ski at Holiday Valley and have driven through enough white outs on the 219.
Great! Love this global warming.
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