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I love Ocean effect snows but even small Lakes or River effect is cool.
With Arctic air coming this weekend Lake Machines going to get going.. Erie and Ontario.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
930 PM EST TUE DEC 15 2015
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL RAMP UP FRIDAY NIGHT AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES
DROP TO NEAR -14C. THIS WILL CREATING CONSIDERABLE OVER-LAKE
INSTABILITY WITH EQUILIBRIUM LEVELS CLIMBING ABOVE 15KFT AND LAKE
INDUCE CAPES GOING ABOVE 1000 J/KG. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS EAST OF THE
LAKES SHOWING A BULLSEYE OF MAXIMUM OMEGA IN PRIME DENDRITIC GROWTH
ZONE. THE INCREASING INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH A DEEPENING OF
SYNOPTIC MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOWFALL
FOCUSED ON FAVORED WEST NORTHWEST AREAS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER
AND TUG HILL WITH SNOWFALL RATES LIKELY EXCEEDING TWO INCHES PER
HOUR.
THE LAKE ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN ROBUST SATURDAY ESPECIALLY OFF LAKE
ONTARIO INTO THE TUG HILL REGION WHERE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO
INDICATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A GEORGIAN BAY CONNECTION.
INCREASING RIDGING UPSTREAM AND THE START OF WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL
LEAD TO DIMINISHING ACTIVITY OFF OF LAKE ERIE BY SATURDAY EVENING.
THIS PROCESS WILL SHUT OFF ANY LINGERING LAKE SNOW SUNDAY EAST OF
LAKE ONTARIO.
AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...IT WILL FINALLY FEEL MORE LIKE DECEMBER
THIS WEEKEND. SATURDAY WILL BE THE COLDEST DAY WITH THE CORE OF THE
COLDEST AIR ALOFT ARRIVE WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 30S
AT BEST. THE START OF A WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME SHOULD GET
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY INTO THE 30S OR POSSIBLY NEAR 40.
I hate all types of snow, but in very cold winters with easterlies we can get 'lake' effect snow off the North Sea (though usually not as far inland as London). It hapens most often in Kent, Essex and East Anglia (though still very rare).
We can get North Sea 'lake effect' snow here.. and I remember in December 2010 areas around Sheffield were under a constant stream of heavy snow from the North Sea which gave around 15-20 inches even to low levels. Incredible.
The mountains on the South Island west coast, get some truly massive snowfalls from the relatively warm cold fronts from the SW
In the late 1980s, we had one day of ski touring, from a planned week of skiing, staying at an alpine hut. The weather turned bad on the first day, and didn't clear until the last day. It was hard to estimate the total, but we guessed 3-4 metres. The pilot didn't think it was too much out of the ordinary - and that was in October.
I hate all types of snow, but in very cold winters with easterlies we can get 'lake' effect snow off the North Sea (though usually not as far inland as London). It hapens most often in Kent, Essex and East Anglia (though still very rare).
What?
When we get easterly it typically affects the whole of Eastern England including London especially if the wind is strong. I don't think its that rare either.
When we get easterly it typically affects the whole of Eastern England including London especially if the wind is strong. I don't think its that rare either.
Easterlies are the least common wind direction here. It only snows on 3-4 days per year and settles on 1-2, and most of the time it's from a northerly.
Here we go. Turn on the Lake Machines... Lakes are extra warm this year since there hasn't been any NW flow yet. Mid October seems to be the last one we had
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WATCH ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS ...OSWEGO, LEWIS AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON, WITH THE TUG
HILL PLATEAU LIKELY BEING THE TARGET AREA FOR THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL.
* TIMING ...FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS ...10 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOST
PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS.
* WINDS ...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES ...UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES ...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT.
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