Gump Posted January 30, 2019 Share #1 Posted January 30, 2019 BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions. Heavy lake effect snow and dangerously cold wind chills expected. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 4 feet expected in the most persistent lake snows. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero expected. * WHERE...Jefferson and Lewis counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted January 30, 2019 Share #2 Posted January 30, 2019 3 or 4 feet is a typical wintertime week up there, right? Business as usual? Its impacts notwithstanding, the lake effect "snow machine" is really fascinating. An inch in Fulton, and 30 miles away, 3+ feet. Guess you can tell which way the wind's blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted January 30, 2019 Share #3 Posted January 30, 2019 Woohoo! They used to be reluctant to declare blizzards for Lake Effect events, but now do it more often. County I work in is in the Blizzard Warning, but my home isn't. My brother is in the 2 foot area South and East of Buffalo. He was complaining this morning that they had no snow. Probably not so much now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted January 30, 2019 Share #4 Posted January 30, 2019 Yay Watertown! Blizzard of '77, after spring break, Lew LaFornara & 2Far were driving on I-81 when we heard on the radio that it was closed. Couldn't see squat. The snow plows had snow blowers on them, so it was like driving in a white viaduct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted January 30, 2019 Share #5 Posted January 30, 2019 Gotta Love the Watertown Newspaper. Little mention of a blizzard, and yet they are getting 3-4 feet with high winds: https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2019 Share #6 Posted January 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, BuffJim said: Gotta Love the Watertown Newspaper. Little mention of a blizzard, and yet they are getting 3-4 feet with high winds: https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/ Just another day in the north country 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted January 30, 2019 Share #7 Posted January 30, 2019 It was a few years before I got there, but the story goes that you could walk out the 2nd story windows of the dorm & onto the top of the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted January 30, 2019 Share #8 Posted January 30, 2019 According to the National Weather Service Officially, the National Weather Service defines a blizzard as a storm which contains large amounts of snow OR blowing snow, with winds in excess of 35 mph and visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for an extended period of time (at least 3 hours). If the storm does not meet this criteria it is just a winter storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted January 30, 2019 Share #9 Posted January 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, 2Far said: Yay Watertown! Blizzard of '77, after spring break, Lew LaFornara & 2Far were driving on I-81 when we heard on the radio that it was closed. Couldn't see squat. The snow plows had snow blowers on them, so it was like driving in a white viaduct. I think that was the year Buffalo still had snow under some Thruway overpasses in June. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2019 Share #10 Posted January 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, 2Far said: I think that was the year Buffalo still had snow under some Thruway overpasses in June. In 97 along ethnic 177 on a north facing slope there was snow until mid June. We had a contractor work on the Hill that winter and in July 15th there was still ice along the main skid trail they had used. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted January 30, 2019 Share #11 Posted January 30, 2019 33 minutes ago, Digital_photog said: According to the National Weather Service Officially, the National Weather Service defines a blizzard as a storm which contains large amounts of snow OR blowing snow, with winds in excess of 35 mph and visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for an extended period of time (at least 3 hours). If the storm does not meet this criteria it is just a winter storm. Perhaps not part of the official definition, but its not a true blizzard without a death toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 30, 2019 Share #12 Posted January 30, 2019 Oh, "blizzard"! That is ok, "bigger" would have been racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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