Posted on 11/20/2014 12:14:40 PM PST by kosciusko51
I have a special place in my heart for lake effect snow. Living in Sault, Michigan as a teenager is what got me interested in weather and started me down my career path.
But it’s hard to compete with what Buffalo, New York gets for lake effect snow. Over six feet of snow fell in some areas on the south side of town in the last 48 hours, most of it in a 24 hour period.
The all-time U.S. record for a 24 hour snowfall is 76 inches in Silver Lake, Colorado way back in 1921, and it is possible this was exceeded yesterday. We will have to wait and see what NOAA decides.
The reason why Buffalo gets pounded so bad is the shape of Lake Erie…long and narrow, so a cold wind blowing down its length generates a single, intense snow band. You are either in it or out of it. Driving down the road, you can be in sunshine one minute, and in white-out conditions the next. This pair of pictures taken at the same time only 5 miles apart in Buffalo during the storm illustrates the fickle nature of lake effect storms.
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Things like this would be the main reason why I would get a pilot’s license.
Not fun for many of us.
It’s hard to imaging that much snow unless you’ve experienced it at least once.
I’m sure there are some structures that collapse each time this type of snow comes along.
My sister has her pilot’s license... something she always wanted to get so now she has it.
Yeah, off the lake I’m sure. I visited a place just east of Lake Michigan one time as a kid. I’ll never forget how it went from calm to 50-60 MPH gusts in just minutes. You probably deal with that a few times each year, perhaps more.
Excellent. Good for her.
I had that in Eastern Pa. .....though it came down over a longer period...we’d just get it all shoveled and more would accumulate.....it proved to be a loosing battle to stay ahead of it no matter how much you shoveled!
Typically, structures only collapse once.
only kidding!
Cheers!
Yes, off the lake and something I had to adjust to because barely a day goes by it doesn’t rain at one point or another through the summer...sometimes the deck will get a slight green hue starting so am use to clearing that off right away.
I’m sure. Too bad you can’t build an electrical grid inside your sidewalks so you can flip the switch and melt the snow and ice off them.
Hey! ;^)
You’re so hard on me...
Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised.
You can, electric heat trace cable embedded in the concrete. All it takes is money.
Reminds me of what a sand-storm wall looks like.
That’s not photoshopped?
I’m content with where I am right now. However, I thought Northern Alabama would be warmer...
LOLOL...cracked me up! Would be nice but I let the landlord handle that!
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