[Tilted Irish Kilt]

meetmom :" 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."

Exactly true.
Right now the winds are out of the NW, so Pulaski NY near Lake Ontario is getting most of todays snow.
With the anticipated wind shift over the Lake Erie, Western Penna. and the snow belt around Buffalo will start accumulating snow.
I remember years ago during the blizzard, that emergency services could only get in by snowmobile;
the snow was too heavy that even 4-wheelers couldn't get into the area.

[metmom]

A relative in Kenmore said that they were getting nailed this evening.

Then the snow band was supposed to move south and hit the southtowns for a while and come back with a vengeance Saturday, I think it was, and that was going to be when they really get socked.

The radar was showing a lot of lightning, which means thundersnow.