stuckincincy Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Wow... "Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 744 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007 NYZ006>008-082045- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 744 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007 ...EPIC LAKE SNOWS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... THE INTENSE BAND OF SNOW OFF LAKE ONTARIO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO HIT OSWEGO COUNTY VERY HARD THROUGH 11 AM. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL AT A RATE OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEART AND MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THE BAND. THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THE LAKE BAND WILL MAINTAIN ITSELF ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OSWEGO COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PULASKI TO REDFIELD LINE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS FALLING AROUND THE PARISH...MEXICO AND OSWEGO AREAS. THESE AREAS COULD PICK UP ANOTHER FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW THROUGH 11 AM. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VERY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH HIGHWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 81 AND ROUTES 11 AND 3. SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED 70 INCHES...OR NEARLY 6 FEET OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS OR SO. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL CONTINUE TO PILE UP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. $$ TMA"
apuszczalowski Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 The warm December and January hasn't allowed the lake to fully freeze, so the lake effect snow is going to be huge for the rest of the winter. Normally we go through the middle of the winter with no lake effect and just cold temperatures and only get the lake effect at the start and sometimes end of winter
stuckincincy Posted February 8, 2007 Author Posted February 8, 2007 The warm December and January hasn't allowed the lake to fully freeze, so the lake effect snow is going to be huge for the rest of the winter. Normally we go through the middle of the winter with no lake effect and just cold temperatures and only get the lake effect at the start and sometimes end of winter Evidently, not so for the Tug Hill plateau of NYS... http://www.syracuse.com/weather/snow/stori...za-tughill.html
Movinon Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 The warm December and January hasn't allowed the lake to fully freeze, so the lake effect snow is going to be huge for the rest of the winter. Normally we go through the middle of the winter with no lake effect and just cold temperatures and only get the lake effect at the start and sometimes end of winter As far as Buffalo and the suburbs go the lake effect machine is coming to an end. Lake Erie is 2/3 frozen and another couple days of these temps will freeze what's left open. Lake Ontario is a different story all together. It never freezes completely because of the depth. The lake is constantly turning over and the temp can be 34 one day and 40 the next. That is why the eastern end of Ontario is truly the snow capital of the US. Annual rates exceed 300 inches in area.
apuszczalowski Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Evidently, not so for the Tug Hill plateau of NYS... http://www.syracuse.com/weather/snow/stori...za-tughill.html Sorry, I was refering to Lake Erie and Buffalos weather
stuckincincy Posted February 8, 2007 Author Posted February 8, 2007 Sorry, I was refering to Lake Erie and Buffalos weather That Tug Hill plateau info was new to me, too...came across it when I was looking for stories about this snow.
slothrop Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 i lived in Watertown for 18 years and went to Syracuse university. The trip up and down Route 81 between syracuse and watertown can be a bit tricky in the winter. You can litteraly have blue skies until you hit Pulaski - then you hit a wall of white lake effect. On numerous occasions it would take three hours to make the trip. It gets so bad that I only stay on the road by following the tail lights of the car in front of me (trusting that car is still on the road.) Watertown and Syracuse does not get teh snow that Pulaski gets, but they both make Buffalo look snowless.
buckeyemike Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 The Lake Erie snow machine on this end is beginning to shut down. I'd say the lake is about three-quarters frozen near Cleveland. I can look out my fifth-floor office window and see a white frozen wilderness as far as the eye can see (where the lake should be).
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Not trying to be a know it all... But, didn't I warn you guys on FEBRUARY 1st!
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 As far as Buffalo and the suburbs go the lake effect machine is coming to an end. Lake Erie is 2/3 frozen and another couple days of these temps will freeze what's left open. Lake Ontario is a different story all together. It never freezes completely because of the depth. The lake is constantly turning over and the temp can be 34 one day and 40 the next. That is why the eastern end of Ontario is truly the snow capital of the US. Annual rates exceed 300 inches in area. Actually a place in CA gets more annually... Isn't the record somewhere in the NW with over 1,000"?
VABills Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Actually a place in CA gets more annually... Isn't the record somewhere in the NW with over 1,000"? This from someone who tells his wife his is 8 inches.
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 This from someone who tells his wife his is 8 inches. Don't Oompa Lumpa's like yourself know it isn't the size of the wand, it is the magic in it! Thank God there is a Willy Wonka to take you guys away from the dreaded Snazwangers! Navy, Marines what ever department it is... You guys are looking mighty fine these days!
stuckincincy Posted February 8, 2007 Author Posted February 8, 2007 Actually a place in CA gets more annually... Isn't the record somewhere in the NW with over 1,000"? What is the elevation of those sites...probably a bit more than the topic region...hmmm?
Wacka Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 Blue Lake, CA up in the Sierras near Lake tahoe gets about 350" per year.
Bungee Jumper Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 Actually a place in CA gets more annually... Isn't the record somewhere in the NW with over 1,000"? The Cascade range. Same snowfall mechanism as around the Great Lakes: arctic air coming over a relatively warm body of water (same thing happens in Hokkaido, for that matter.) Mt. Baker holds the current record at 1140 inches (95 feet). Mt. Rainer is second at about 1100, I believe.
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