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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They love it.
Global Warming strikes again! At this rate it will get so warm we will all freeze to death.
Three feet ain’t nothing.
Might take a day off cause buffalo won’t plow all the streets.
We got thru the surprise October storm in 2006. Hopefully more leaves are off the trees now.
Chubb can run in snow.
I can remember when they hired fans to shovel out the stadium seats. Can’t wait to watch the game from my warm recliner on Sunday.
EVs less than ideal for this.
Back in 1977 Buffalo was buried under 30 feet of snow one winter
People found their cars buried so deep could not get them out until spring
Climate Change. We have to raise taxes now...sarc
Don’t miss that lake effect snow. That stuff is crazy.
https://raheemkassam.substack.com/p/red-is-the-new-yellow
Yellow Sun Bad
Shows how weather forecasts have gotten extreme.(climate change)
The following year, we were sending pictures to her of us in our "I survived the Blizzard of '78" T-shirts.
Get out the snowmobiles!!!!!!!
I hope and pray everyone gets enough affordable heating oil and gas and electricity, whatever they need, this Winter!!!
Un-possible. I’ve been told the Erf has a feva.
No sweat. Global warming will soon melt that snow /S
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