Historic Lake Effect Snowfall Event (Buffalo New York)

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

 

[Yarmy]

Buffalo Bills are at home on Sunday 1pm kick off. That will be...interesting. It is very rare for the NFL to postpone games because the schedule is so tight, but this could be record-breaking.

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

 

[mountain shadow]

That's webcam watching for Sunday sorted.

You can't beat a Buffalo snowstorm.

[Slysi100]

36 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

That's webcam watching for Sunday sorted.

You can't beat a Buffalo snowstorm.

Do you have a link? I've been watching Reed Timmer live on YouTube. He's heading there right now. 

[Methuselah]

I'm jealous: meteorology of envy!

 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

1 hour ago, mountain shadow said:

That's webcam watching for Sunday sorted.

You can't beat a Buffalo snowstorm.

Put the links up and tag meee!!

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

 

[matty40s]

4 hours ago, mountain shadow said:

That's webcam watching for Sunday sorted.

You can't beat a Buffalo snowstorm.

You dont want to wait until Sunday, it starts now!!

[Allseasons-Si]

Live but go back 5 hours.

 

[matty40s]

 

[matty40s]

7 hours ago, Yarmy said:

Buffalo Bills are at home on Sunday 1pm kick off. That will be...interesting. It is very rare for the NFL to postpone games because the schedule is so tight, but this could be record-breaking.

 

[mountain shadow]

2 hours ago, matty40s said:

You dont want to wait until Sunday, it starts now!!

So it does.

Snow watch New York State style it is.

[Coopsy]

The lake effect snow has been marching up Lake Eerie the last few hours and will be hitting mainly south of buffalo in the next few hours. 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/buffalo/14202/weather-radar/349726

It won’t be on the scale of ‘Snowvember’ - a huge snow event exactly 8 years ago today. Then a band hit just south of buffalo for round 1(about 3 ft) , moved north and then moved back south for round 2. (For about another 3ft) - some areas reached 7 ft of snow!

This time it’ll only be mainly round 1 and a weakened round 2 - still enough for 3-4 ft. But it will move north and then South again but with little impact towards the end.

I’d say 3.5ft-4.5ft for prime areas just south of Buffalo maybe between Hamburg and Angola if I had to guess. (Would anyone like to stick their neck out and say 5ft will be reached?) 

Its due to start in southlands in next few hours through Friday. Then Buffalo downtown Friday through Saturday. Moving north and then moving south with less snow by Sunday morning. 

Sunday for the Bills game would likely have had little snow, but the logistics of hosting the game after having had up to 4 ft of snow means it’s been moved to Detroit. 

Also there’s a good chance of thundersnow and rates of up to 5 inches per hour in the heaviest falls. Quite an experience. 

The snow watch starts now. If you can download Buffalo WGRZ news/weather they have full 24/7 coverage of the Storm.  

Edited November 17, 2022 by Coopsy

[matty40s]

Live traffic cans from the Buffalo area..

https://youtu.be/8jAHNqwcOjM

[matty40s]

 

[Weather-history]

Some great info on twitter on this event.

[matty40s]

 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Same event in Ontario 

 

 

 

[Weather-history]

This chaser said he saw a waterspout

 

[Coopsy]

Reports now that Hamburg has reached almost 3 feet of snow already and recorded 5 inches per hour, along with thundersnow. 

With this event set to go all day into the evening then at those rates and the duration left there’s going to be some eye popping totals

 

[Coopsy]

Hamburg just hit 37 inches - up 3 inches in just over an hour. Buffalo downtown pretty much escaping but south towns being slammed. If anything it looks like moving south a little before moving North and affecting Buffalo central and further north (north towns) and into Canada/US border like a Niagara. 

A total travel ban for most areas south of downtown Buffalo. 

Edited November 18, 2022 by Coopsy

[matty40s]

 

[Slysi100]

Central Buffalo have seen very little so far. Imagine living there and seeing all that snow falling literally a few miles to the south. I think I'd personally be pulling my hair out in frustration

[matty40s]

I think Its going to move North to Bufallo over the next 24 hours