The cutter is “cutting” it’s way away from Upstate NY with little snow to show for it. Lake snows showed up big time, at or above expected ranges in NNY and especially in WNY where Buffalo Airport somehow verified the NWS 12-18 with a record 17.8″ snowfall! Too bad we can’t do loops around the

Ch Ch Changes! Several changes of note to the weather in the short term and in the longer term to get to. All of it impacts Upstate NY. Almost everything is a positive. Almost… WHERE’S MY LAKE EFFECT SNOW! The widely shared NWS Buffalo Winter Storm Watch since Monday afternoon for 12-18, in some areas

Lake effect still on schedule tonight through tomorrow downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario with Buffalo and Watertown being ground zero for this event. The snow will start later tonight and really get going overnight and during the daytime tomorrow. With a 240-250 wind, and with model guidance relatively unchanged, I’m sticking with my

I have no idea what the hell the NWS in Buffalo is seeing. All the model data I have available to me indicates some lake effect snow, and several inches being likely. I have NOTHING that indicates 12-18 inches for the city of Buffalo and the city of Watertown. In all fairness NWS Buffalo is

Baby got back… TO NORMAL! It’s amazing how NORMAL January weather feels so out of place, almost like cruel and unusual punishment. But here we are. It’s COLD out there! And will be for the foreseeable future. Single digits and teens in January are considered NORMAL for Upstate NY, in case you forgot. Temps today