Saxum Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/26/us/erie-pennsylvania-snow-storm/index.html I was just in Erie Christmas eve. Glad to not be there now. 53 inches in 2 days. 2 1
apuszczalowski Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 Isn't that a typical december weekend in Buffalo? (According to the rest of the country) Or an average June weekend in Canada.....
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 Holy Moly... I may actually have to drive home through Detroit-Windsor on the other side of The Lake this weekend! We usually do Sarnia/Port Huron when we go that route...
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 I flew into Erie Saturday and was supposed to fly out yesterday I'm still in Erie obviously
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 5 freaking feet!!!! Wow. Be careful shoveling On 12/27/2017 at 2:52 PM, /dev/null said: I flew into Erie Saturday and was supposed to fly out yesterday I'm still in Erie obviously Expand You may be there for days.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 2:56 PM, ShadyBillsFan said: 5 freaking feet!!!! Wow. Be careful shoveling You may be there for days. Expand As usual I was wrong reopening at noon per the weather channel. Good luck.
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 4:32 PM, ShadyBillsFan said: As usual I was wrong reopening at noon per the weather channel. Good luck. Expand The airline rescheduled me yesterday for a flight out Tonite. I'm not confident that flight will make it out either
Buffalo_Gal Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 2:58 PM, row_33 said: And really cold as well Expand Yeah, that is the bad part... that stuff ain't melting. The good part is maybe Lake Erie will freeze over soon ending the crazy snowmaking machine.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 4:34 PM, /dev/null said: The airline rescheduled me yesterday for a flight out Tonite. I'm not confident that flight will make it out either Expand How does I90 look? I am seriously thinking about driving through Canada tomorrow. Not that much outta way.
row_33 Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 4:42 PM, Buffalo_Gal said: Yeah, that is the bad part... that stuff ain't melting. The good part is maybe Lake Erie will freeze over soon ending the crazy snowmaking machine. Expand Isnt it too cold to snow heavily this week??!
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 4:53 PM, row_33 said: Isnt it too cold to snow heavily this week??! Expand Wind picks up moisture from the warm lake water. When the warm moist air gets inland it cools and falls back to land as snow The warm lake water is driving the snowfall, not the cold air temp Noon news says Airport officially reopened Doesn't necessarily mean the airlines will operate on schedule but I can only hope at this point Weather cams show the shallow water off Presque Isle are starting to freeze.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 5:00 PM, /dev/null said: Wind picks up moisture from the warm lake water. When the warm moist air gets inland it cools and falls back to land as snow The warm lake water is driving the snowfall, not the cold air temp Expand Kinda. I always was under inpression that the cold blast over warm lake put the snow machine on steroids. So it is the cold at first that matters. But eventually the cold will freeze the Lake and shut machine off. So, I think it is both. Need the cold temp moving over the fetch of a "warm" body of water.
row_33 Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 Yup living a mile north of Lake Ontario has a moderating effect on the weather around me
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 4:43 PM, ExiledInIllinois said: How does I90 look? I am seriously thinking about driving through Canada tomorrow. Not that much outta way. Expand Reduced speed to 45 and some stretches are down to a single plowed lane.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 5:08 PM, /dev/null said: Reduced speed to 45 and some stretches are down to a single plowed lane. Expand Yuck... Not sure what I will do. I save the tolls going through the NOT so Great White North... Windward side of Lake. But it does knock time. But if it is slow go, gonna lose time anyway. This may be a game time decision... I look to the Donner Party to give me guidance!
Wacka Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) Saw a facebook posting from someone I knowwho is driving to Orlando. They left yesterday morning and posted a picture from the Thruway near the state line . Lot odf snow bit they didn't post anything about being stuck there.They live in Colden and were leaving 2.5 feet of snow. Edited December 27, 2017 by Wacka
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 5:08 PM, row_33 said: Yup living a mile north of Lake Ontario has a moderating effect on the weather around me Expand But don't you get it from the west out of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay... Or are you too far away (Assuming Toronto). This is why Chicago is where it is. We only average 35 inches a year on this side of Lake and greatest yearly snowfall was about 81" in 1978. Chicago never had a 24 hour snowfall over 21" Just don't get mega snows windward of the Lake like the alee sides do. But when we do, it's like snow on steriods... Too many people, 10 million from WI to IN, and flat as hell... On 12/27/2017 at 5:13 PM, Wacka said: Saw a facebook posting from someone I knowwho is driving to Orlando. They left yesterday morning and posted a picture from the Thruway near the state line . Lot odf snow bit they didn't post anything about being stuck there. Expand Thanx. It's either Canuckland or blasting on through... No way am I tacking around through inner Pennsyltucky... I hear everone looks like Cletus & Boyst and they like purdy mouths... ...I will take my chances at the Sarnia border crossing.
Wacka Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) Cold here in Cheektowaga 4degrees with -5 wind chill but we had only about 2-3 inches since Saturday. The wind finally died down. Am in the warm house today. My mom (91) slipped and hit her side on the dining room table on Xmas night. Took her to the ER yesterday. No broken ribs, just bruises. Am staying home to help her today. Edited December 27, 2017 by Wacka 1 2
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