Lake & Other Effect Snows (snowfall, USA, sunny, clouds)

[Cambium]

Not much on Eastern side of Lake Michigan





But on East side of Erie and Ontario get ready. Syracuse getting screwed.








NWS Buffalo has different thoughts then TWC. Where will that lucky heavy band setup is the Million Dollar Question.


Warnings are out!





Accu map

[Ariete]

The Baltic Sea can create lake-effect snow once in a while in the S and W coasts of Finland and E coast of Sweden, but they are much weaker than in the NA Great Lakes region. Not this winter though, as we haven't got any effect snow. Our rivers are too small to create river effect snow.

The tally for the whole year is like 14 inches currently, so getting 12" in one event sounds out of this world.

So as the Baltic is a mediterranean sea and not an ocean, I'll say Sea effect snow is my favourite.

[Cambium]

I forgot one... Long island Sound Effects!


Discussions from NWS Philly, NY, & Boston.


Lake Streamers into NJ, Sound Effect Snows, Squalls in MA with white out conditions possible


Will nei get something?

[Cambium]

Whoa. Up to 2.5 feet possible in NY there. Daaamn.

Intellicast - Weather Alerts

OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
316 PM EST THU DEC 17 2015

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO
7 AM EST SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OSWEGO COUNTY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY. GREATEST
AMOUNTS ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU.

* TIMING...FROM EARLY FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES FRIDAY NIGHT...7 TO 13 INCHES
SATURDAY...2 TO 4 INCHES SATURDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM
TOTALS OF 2 TO 2.5 FEET IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS ON
THE TUG HILL PLATEAU...AND 12 TO 15 INCHES IN PERSISTENT LAKE
SNOWS ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH PRODUCING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VERY POOR
VISIBILITY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN CENTRAL SQUARE
AND ADAMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL
BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN
ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS.

[Cambium]

Current 850mb temps. Here it comes...just matter of time now. The -10C line is about to move over the Lakes. Freezing line down to Jackson Mississippi which is nice to "finally" see the dig that far south.

But once that -10C line pushes across over the Lakes, machines will fully turn on. Should happen by 7pm tonight.

[Cambium]

Cool! Lake effect clouds in Texas. And theres only a shallow level of cold air

Not sure which lake. Im not near a computer.

https://twitter.com/NWSFortWorth/sta...63465688522753

[Cambium]

How about Lake Effect Thunder snows! No Upper Low, No Storm .. purely from instability


https://twitter.com/TomNiziol/status/677971963978063874

[Cambium]

Compare it now to the map this morning.. As soon as the -10C line crossed over Lake Erie the snow Machines turned on.

Also snowing in the TN, KY, WV hills

[Cambium]

Radar(with link) shows the heavy burst in the area at the time


50 vehicle pile-up reported on snowy Michigan freeway

50 vehicle pile-up reported on snowy Michigan freeway | MLive.com

[Cambium]

Lake Ontario going to win. Whoa!

https://twitter.com/TomNiziol/status/678012288192929792