Pictures of Syracuse’s largest suburb –Clay, NY (Cicero: for sale, apartment complexes)

[bellafinzi]

A few more Town of Clay photos

[vitalove]

Thanks Bella for the pictures! They are beautiful. Clay, Syracuse and other surrounding areas look beautiful. Seems like a wonderful place to live.

[cnybound]

Please tell me how the snowfall is in the Syracuse area right now. I realize certain area like Parish and Oswego county are having record amounts, and that is not far from Syracuse. I've been looking at the national news and online. How is the Syracuse area dealing with the snow? Is it as bad there now as well?

[bellafinzi]

In the last week Syracuse and it's suburbs has had about 16 inches of snow. But since the snow fell over 8 or 9 days, a couple inches one day... 5 inches one day...a couple more inches the next, etc....it had no major impact on the area.

The only day that they closed schools in Onondaga County...last Monday...was due to unusually cold wind chills, not the snow.

Right now, there is about 10 inches of compacted snow on the ground in the Syracuse suburbs (at least in my area). For the season Syracuse has had about 65 inches of snow so far, but all that has either melted or compacted. And remember it has been spread out over the last 3 months. The extreme cold has been worse than the snow for Syracuse... so far. Our normal highs are about 33 degrees for mid-Fed, but the highs have been running 10 to 15 degrees below normal for the last month.

[bellafinzi]

I always forget that most people don't understand the difference between Lake Effect snow and non-lake effect snow. In case anyone is wondering here are some facts.

-Syracuse gets about 70% of it's average annual snowfall from Lake Effect snow. Since only 30% of Syracuse's snow comes from non-lake effect snow, Syracuse gets as much non-lake effect snow as most other parts of the Northeast and Midwest.

[CENTER]Lake Effect Snow[/CENTER]

-is light and fluffy due the low moisture content

-accumulates much faster because it's light and fluffy and doesn't compact as fast as high moisture snow

-Lake effect snowy days normally start sunny, then cloudy with snowfall, then partly cloudy again a few hours later



[CENTER]Non Lake Effect Snow[/CENTER]

-is heavy and good packing snow with high moisture content

-accumulates much slower because it's heavier and compacts faster, therefore total accumulation is much lower

-Non Lake Effect Snowy days normally start gray and overcast, then snowfalls, then it stays gray and overcast the rest of the day or days.



[CENTER]Summary of Lake Effect vs. Non Lake Effect snow[/CENTER]
-Non lake effect snow storms are depressing with heavy overcast, heavy wet snow, and the snow flakes aren't as pretty

-Lake Effect snowstorms are much more fun with a mixture of sun and clouds, the snow is easier to shovel because it fluffy and the snow flakes are prettier to look at.


[CENTER]Conclusion: [/CENTER]

I'd much rather have lake effect snow than non-lake effect snow.

[cnybound]

Thanks so much bellafinzi, I didn't even know what Lake Effect snow was! Also thanks for filling me in on the latest Syracuse weather. It's difficult to understand specific areas forecast by just watching the news.

[bellafinzi]

This Valentine's Nor'easter (non-lake effect) snowstorm was very different than most in the past. Because it was so cold, around 10 degrees, the snow flakes were very small and lighter than a normal Nor-easter. For most big snowstorms here, the temperature is usually around 25 to 30 degrees....so the snow is normally heavier.

[bellafinzi]

You're welcome cnybound!

[bellafinzi]

Pictures of a Clay neighborhood after the HUGE snowstorm.

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Pictures were taken today. Hope you liked them!

[cnybound]

Those are good pics bellafinzi, thanks! Wow, that is alot of snow though. Is is somewhat better now? We will be looking to move to the Clay/Liverpool area? Probably renting an apartment before buying a home. Are there any great or better apartments in your opinion in that area? Thanks.