Lake effect snow is fascinating. When I worked in downtown Chicago I was working in Wheaton, a suburb ~20 miles west of downtown Chicago. It was sunny. I was returning to the office after an interview. When I got about 10 miles from downtown I could see a cloud of white. When I got 3 miles from downtown I was in a blizzard. This was the early 80's. Been fascinated ever since. I coached a kid in baseball who went on to play for Valparaiso, in the Indiana snow belt. He has some great stories of lake snow. But, nowhere is it worse than the Buffalo area. They may have to postpone the Bills game this weekend.
I recall on a business trip to Albany in the late 70s Buffalo had one of these huge-snowfall things.
Allegheny Airlines, going back to Ohio via Buffalo, only let you board if you were connecting on past Buffalo. Nobody staying in Buffalo could get on because there was no road open away from the airport.
There was indeed a lot of snow, and guys with rubber coats and huge boots wandering around the airport.
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Did it snow up around Lake Superior too? A few years ago people worried about the lake level decreasing.
Yep, it's snowing off the lakes.
Ah, yes, lake effect.
Also a feature of life around Cleveland.
Over a foot has landed here in West MI, coming in off the lake, with 9 more inches to arrive in the next two days.
Not Buffalo style, but a load of snow nonetheless. The plows haven't stopped.
"The Earth has a fever.." -- Algore
Or, maybe not.
Lake effect snow is fascinating. When I worked in downtown Chicago I was working in Wheaton, a suburb ~20 miles west of downtown Chicago. It was sunny. I was returning to the office after an interview. When I got about 10 miles from downtown I could see a cloud of white. When I got 3 miles from downtown I was in a blizzard. This was the early 80's. Been fascinated ever since. I coached a kid in baseball who went on to play for Valparaiso, in the Indiana snow belt. He has some great stories of lake snow. But, nowhere is it worse than the Buffalo area. They may have to postpone the Bills game this weekend.
All that snow needs to be transported to the high mountains of CA.
April Apple said...
All that snow needs to be transported to the high mountains of CA.
Get your own lake.
All that moisture came from the Lake. I wonder if that amount of evaporation is measureable by monitoring decline in lake levels.
With rain on snow and 60 degrees forecast, Buffalo will now give back to the Lake all that they just got. Plus a lot of mud.
I recall on a business trip to Albany in the late 70s Buffalo had one of these huge-snowfall things.
Allegheny Airlines, going back to Ohio via Buffalo, only let you board if you were connecting on past Buffalo. Nobody staying in Buffalo could get on because there was no road open away from the airport.
There was indeed a lot of snow, and guys with rubber coats and huge boots wandering around the airport.
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