Is Rochester Cashing In On Snow Storm Nemo

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UPDATED – 2/9 .. 2:00 AM

I’m not sure where Rochester is getting their snow from but they piled on 6.8 inches of new snow so far today.  Enough to bump them up to the number 2 slot.  I’ll try and get updates in as the National Weather Service reports them.  Here is what we have so far as of around 2 AM 2/9

Rochester – 6.9 – ??? – Not reporting as of 2:05 am
Buffalo – 3.3 -??? – Not reporting as of 2:05 am
Syracuse – 6.2
Binghamton 6.0
Albany - 4.8
I still think it’s advantage Albany but we will have to wait and see how the wind blows.  Here in the Syracuse area I’m guessing about 4 inches so far.  Look for an update later and have a safe night.

We’ll Be Finding Nemo Soon

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Feel free to leave a comment here as to how the snow is falling in your neck of the woods during snow storm Nemo.  We love to get updates during the storms.
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I’ve been watching a lot of forecasts today and reading quite a bit on snow storm Nemo.  To be honest I still don’t have a clue with all of the changes that the experts keep making with this storm.  It is understandable though for the fact that a shift this way or that way and everything changes.  Not to mention what the temperatures will be when it hits different cities.

The numbers went down again for some of us with the newest totals for Syracuse anywhere from 4 – 8 inches to 8 – 12 inches.  At one point in the day I was seeing 12 – 18 inches.  I’m sure it’s been the same for the rest of the cities.  From what I see it looks like Albany may be able to pile on some decent snow totals and other cities to the east should also.

As far as the National snow contest goes it looks like some cities in Massachusetts may be the big winners in that snow race.  I’m wondering if Worcester, Mass can pick up enough to take the lead.  Stay tuned and I’ll be posting the snow totals as soon as the National Weather service updates them during and after snow storm Nemo.

Hopefully some of you can grab a 3 day weekend out of this.  Stay safe and drive carefully.  See Snow – Drive Slow ;)

Binghamton Inches Their Way Up The Snow Mountain

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It looks like Binghamton didn’t like being toward the bottom of the snow hill next to Albany and who can blame them.  Binghamton slipped past both Rochester and Buffalo to move into the second place slot.  Now we need one or more of the Golden Snowball cities to make a run at Syracuse to keep this seasons snow race close.

Syracuse picked up a little more snowfall to move them past the 60 inch mark on the season.  Buffalo and Rochester are snowing neck and neck being in a dead tie right now at 36.9 inches each.  Then there is Albany.  Ummm, enough said about Albany for the time being :)

The last I looked snow is suppose to be falling Wednesday in the North East so lets see if one of the cities can gain on Da’Cuse before we warm up again.

I’m going to try and get a top 10 update in today for the national snow contest over at www.goldensnowglobe.com .  It’s been a close contest all season and as of the last update Erie, Pa was leading and probably still is.

Have a Great Day Everyone ;)

Buffalo Sledding Up The Snow Hill

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Happy Super Bowl Sunday Everyone :)   After your lucky numbers come in feel free to cheer for mine which are 49ers 9 – Ravens 8  or  49ers 4 – Ravens 3  Good Luck to All :)

Finally Buffalo is covered in the white gold and are moving up the snow hill.  Buffalo added 7.8 inches of snow to their totals yesterday moving them into 3rd place and dropping Binghamton down to 4th place now.  Better yet is that Buffalo is just half an inch away from The Rock, currently in 2nd place.  Way To Go Buffalo!!!

Syracuse still holds a pretty decent lead but remember that’s just a storm or two ahead of the other cities.  With a whole lot of winter left ignoring what the over sized rats had to say yesterday the snow contest is far from being over or even a run away yet.

Have an Awesome Day Everyone :)

Syracuse Slides Past Last Season’s Total Snowfall

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Syracuse managed to pile up enough snow yesterday to bring their totals to date over what they had their entire season last year.  They also set a record for the the date, Feb. 1st picking up 10.1 inches of snow.  The old record was 7.6 inches set in 1974…

Even though this season seems pretty easy for some of us so far, all of the Golden Snowball cities are over last years lame snow totals to date.

Syracuse slid past last seasons total snowfall which was 50.6 inches when the contest was called the end of April.  So far this season as of the end of the first day of February Syracuse has piled up 56.9 inches of snow with a lot of the snow season still left to go.  They are still behind their average to date which is 77.6 inches of snow.

That said all of the cities are still quite a bit behind what their average snowfall should be at this time in the season.

Have a Super Bowl kind of weekend everyone ;)

Sites Back Up and So Is Rochester’s Snow

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First off Thanks for the donation Cynthia B.  It’s very much appreciated :)

Thanks to Jan also for the info and lnk on Lake Erie :)   Here is how Lake Erie is looking http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ofs/leofs/now_temp.shtml  Jan metioned that Lake Erie is still mostly in the mid 30s, with a few edges frozen over which the map shows:

Some of you may have noticed that the website was down for a day or so.  Sorry about that and hopefully it’s up for awhile now.  It still may not be up in some parts of the state or country but hopefully by the end of the day everyone can get to it again.  Thanks Barry for the heads up on it also.  I’m just able to get on now and update the snow stats.

While we were down here Rochester made their move.  Not enough to catch Syracuse yet but they slid past Binghamton to move into second place on the snow hill.  WTG Rochester.  Most of the cities are just a storm or two away from taken the lead from Syracuse and now it’s just a matter of which city will step up first.

I think we all know that sooner or later Buffalo will make some kind of move to the top ;)   I think they better make it sooner rather than later before their Lake Effect Machine freezes over with this Arctic cold air around.  Does anyone know how much of the lakes have frozen over yet?

Have an awesome weekend Everyone!

Syracuse Holding On North Getting Pounded

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Just a heads up – the golden snowball site may be go offline for a couple of days.  If it does I’ll get it up ASAP.
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OK, Syracuse finally picked up a few more inches of new snowfall to add a little bit to their lead.  Most of the snow has been staying up north of Da’Cuse but has to drop south sooner or later I would hope.  I also hope that the other cities, Rochester, Buffalo and Binghamton get it going pretty soon.

Binghamton has been doing good lately as far as the snow totals go managing to keep some snowflakes between them and the bottom three cities.  It always looks like the snow is around Rochester but must just be missing them.  I think with the coldest air of the season finally here that we all will be adding to our snowfall totals this week.

A picture from Grace, a friend in the Central Square area just taken!

There have been a few good bands of snow hanging to the north of Syracuse which is a good thing for the other cities.  The last couple of days the lake effect snow bands will start to drop toward Syracuse but then suddenly stop right on the border.  These are some decent snow bands too which have dropped probably close or over a couple of feet on the cities up north like Central Square, Oswego, Fulton, the Tug Hill area and other towns.  No doubt the snowmobilers are loving it :)

I was just looking around at the national snow contest at www.goldensnowglobe.com which was updated yesterday.  Syracuse still is in first place in the nationals but reading around today I see that Erie, Pa got pounded pretty good and may have taken the lead.  Right now it’s close and it will depend on how Erie did overnight last night.  I’ll try and get a top 10 update in later when the new snow stats come out.  Unfortunately as it always seems the case the decent snow is to the south of Buffalo.  Maybe Buffalo will pile on some snow with this cold air in place.  Let’s hope so.

Have a Great Day Everyone ;)

Windy But No Snow Yet

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First off make sure you check out the post below to enter our snow contest.  Today is the last day to get your entries in.  Check it out here :)

Any snow falling yet in Rochester, Buffalo or Binghamton?   As of right now, around 2:15 pm Sunday it’s windier than I have seen it in a long time.  The gusts and winds that came through this morning had to be over 60 mph I would guess.  Hopefully some decent lake effect snow comes into the golden snowball cities sometime soon.  Nothing like some decent snow totals with whipping winds to make for a cool snow event.  Of course take it slow on the roads if and when the snow does hit us.  Clouds are just starting to move into the Syracuse area as I type.

Hey, how about the Orange?  WTG on taking down the #1 basketball team in the country

 

Win an Autographed Book by Mark Monmonier

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CONTEST CLOSED FOR NEW ENTRIES!

It’s been pretty quiet the last couple of weeks with none of the golden snowball cities adding to their total snowfall for the season.  The cold air is back so hopefully the lake effect machine starts cranking up soon.  Speaking of Lake Effect I think it’s time we have a contest with a real prize this time.

Enter the Contest 

Not like the ones we always have with the winner getting a virtual pat on the back for winning.  The prize for this contest is an autographed book by CNY’s own Mark Monmonier called Lake Effect.  Mark has had several books published in the past and this is his latest book.  I’m sure you all can figure out what it is about by the name (Lake Effect) of his book.  Read more about Mark Monmonier and his books below.

The contest will be similar to the one that Stephen and I are playing on the national snow site www.goldensnowglobe.com .  Here is what you need to do to enter and it’s for US residents only and if you have any questions feel free to contact me..

#1 – Guess the total snowfall that all of the Golden Snowball cities will have combined at the end of February.  In other words add up the total snowfall for all 5 cities - Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.  An example is right now the total of the 5 cities would be 131 inches.  You can go to the nearest tenth of an inch. EX: 156.2.

#2 – Tie Breaker Only - Pick the city that you think will be in second place at that time, the end of February 28th.  We will use this only if there happens to be a tie in number 1, the total snowfall amount.

#3 – All entries must be received by 11:59 PM this Sunday, January 20th 2013.  To enter for your chance to win this awesome autographed book use the contact page at the top of the site.  Write Contest in the Subject box and be sure to add your total snowfall guess and what city you think will be in 2nd place.  It’s that simple ;)

Of course as always we are not responsible for lost emails, blocked, etc, etc.  In our own words if we screw up we’re sorry :(   Once we get your entry I will send you an email confirming that we did within a reasonable amount of time.  Normally within a day or two.  OK, more about Mark Monmonier’s book Lake Effect.

I’ve just been able to get a little reading in so far but from what I have read it’s interesting.  One of the things that stand out so far and I’m only at the beginning is how long it took to find out about lake effect snow and how they did it.  I’m looking forward to getting the time to finish the book.

More Info on Mark Monmonier and his latest book Lake Effect:

CNY’s own Mark Monmonier and his 15 books have been written up in The New Yorker, The Globe, The Times Literary Supplement, Scientific American, Library Journal,  Publishers Weekly and more

About the Book – Blending meteorological history with the history of scientific cartography, Monmonier charts the phenomenon of lake-effect snow and explores the societal impacts of extreme weather. Along the way, he introduces readers to natural philosophers who gradually identified this distinctive weather pattern, to tales of communities adapting to notoriously disruptive storms, and to some of the snowiest regions of the country.

Characterized by intense snowfalls lasting from a couple of minutes to several days, lake-effect snow is deposited by narrow bands of clouds formed when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively warm inland lake. With perhaps only half the water content of regular snow, lake snow is typically light, fluffy, and relatively easy to shovel. Intriguing stories of lake effect’s quirky behavior and diverse impacts include widespread ignorance of the phenomenon in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since then a network of systematic observers have collected several decades of data worth mapping, and reliable short term predictions based on satellites, Doppler radar, and computer models are now available.

Moving effortlessly from atmospheric science to anecdotes, Monmonier offers a richly detailed account of a type of weather that has long been misunderstood. Residents of lake-effect regions, history buffs, and weather junkies alike will relish this entertaining and informative book.

Mark Monmonier is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. He is the author of fifteen books, including How to Lie with Maps; Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather; Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future of Privacy; and Coast Lines: How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change. Lake Effect Tales of Large Lakes, Arctic Winds, and Recurrent Snows BUY DIRECT from Syracuse University Press

GOOD LUCK ALL :)