Punching Bag Posted December 27, 2017 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 27, 2017 Share 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..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I flew into Erie Saturday and was supposed to fly out yesterday I'm still in Erie obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 5 freaking feet!!!! Wow. Be careful shoveling 4 minutes ago, /dev/null said: I flew into Erie Saturday and was supposed to fly out yesterday I'm still in Erie obviously You may be there for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 And really cold as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 1 hour ago, ShadyBillsFan said: 5 freaking feet!!!! Wow. Be careful shoveling You may be there for days. As usual I was wrong reopening at noon per the weather channel. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Just now, ShadyBillsFan said: As usual I was wrong reopening at noon per the weather channel. Good luck. The airline rescheduled me yesterday for a flight out Tonite. I'm not confident that flight will make it out either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 1 hour ago, row_33 said: And really cold as well 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, /dev/null said: The airline rescheduled me yesterday for a flight out Tonite. I'm not confident that flight will make it out either How does I90 look? I am seriously thinking about driving through Canada tomorrow. Not that much outta way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 10 minutes ago, 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. Isnt it too cold to snow heavily this week??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, row_33 said: Isnt it too cold to snow heavily this week??! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, /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 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Yup living a mile north of Lake Ontario has a moderating effect on the weather around me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 24 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: How does I90 look? I am seriously thinking about driving through Canada tomorrow. Not that much outta way. Reduced speed to 45 and some stretches are down to a single plowed lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 1 minute ago, /dev/null said: Reduced speed to 45 and some stretches are down to a single plowed lane. 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted December 27, 2017 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 And my flight has been canceled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, row_33 said: Yup living a mile north of Lake Ontario has a moderating effect on the weather around me 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... 7 minutes ago, 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted December 27, 2017 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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