10:00 AM Wednesday – So far a dud here in the Syracuse area but some of the other cities are getting some snow and from the sounds of things the storm isn’t over yet. Here is what the National Weather Service is reporting for yesterday and I believe this doesn’t include the overnight snow which will come out later. Syracuse ended up getting a lot of rain rather than snow. Look for another update as the snow stats come in.
Rochester – 3.6
Binghamton – 3.2
Buffalo – 2.5
Albany – 1.7
Syracuse – 0.7
12:16 am Wednesday 11/27/13 – Just a heads up that I’ll probably just keep updating this post as to what’s going on. So far tonight for the last couple of hours it’s been just rain with a mix of sleet every now and then in the Syracuse area. More to come in the morning 😉
It’s starting to look more and more like the storm they have been talking about is going to actually pan out. They were thinking several days ago that it may have stayed more toward the coast but it is on more of an inland track now and the chances are that at least a few of the Golden Snowball cities will get a decent amount of snow from this storm. I’m starting to think that Rochester is going to be the King Snowman for this storm and perhaps so far this season.
OK, does anyone have any estimates for this storm? Let’s say from the start to finish and we’ll call the finish date Thursday at 11:59 PM just in case some lake effect snow gets drawn into the cities when this pulls out.. The normal prize will be a lot of Notta as in Notta Thing other than a virtual pat on the back for calling it right. The person closests to the snow total for all of the cities snow added up wins. My guesstimate is below and you can post yours in the comments section anytime before midnight tonight, Tuesday.
Rochester – 13.5
Syracuse – 9.0
Buffalo – 7.0
Binghamton – 3.5
Albany – 2
TOTAL = 35 inches 🙂
What’s Coming Our Way Courtesy of NOAA
Thanksgiving Storm 11/27 10:15 am
Picture Around 10:00 AM Today, Wednesday
Normally I love a good storm but I really do wish or hope that they don’t happen during the holiday travel times. Unfortunately this storm most likely will effect quite a few people that will be traveling on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday. For those of you traveling take it slow and have a safe trip. I know I’ll be worrying about a few of my family members who will be traveling. Take it slow and be prepared 😉
Good morning Pat, checking in from the ROC with about 6″ of cement across the area and a number of power outages affecting intersections. Decent November storm!
Hey ZR, was just thinking about you yesterday wondering if we would be seeing you this season 🙂 I bet the snow is like cement. The little that we had was soaked and now just rain. My little cousin goes to school there and she said it was pretty nasty when she came home last night. I’m guessing you had some overnight snow too which hasn’t been added in yet. Unless some good lake effect starts up when this pulls out it’s looking like The Rock will win this round and probably be in the lead 🙂
Hopefully you will be hearing from my often this season! Still calling for 1-4″ of lake effect to add to the overnight snow….and yes, we got more overnight. Official # for the airport is 6.3″ for that storm
Well it was enough snow for a day at least ZR 🙂 Did an interview today with the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle but it was just a little too late with Da’Cuse taking the lead for the first time this season. Only 0.4 separating us though so it should be a fun snow season. Are you back to plowing again?
Hey Frank, I see you’re going on the high side. Right now it’s so quiet in the Syracuse area but I’m starting to think I should have went higher too. These storms always tend to throw me off until the next morning when I wake up and see what the overnight brought or until they start coming to an end and start bringing in the Lake effect. should be interesting either way…
Hi M Creek, I’ve been doing the same thing, looking out the window. I went out to watch the Su game and on the way home it was just rain. Some snow earlier but right now either rain or maybe just a touch of sleet. We’ll see what the main event brings us come the overnight an tomorrow 🙂
I would love for Rochester to take the lead, but I think Syracuse will build on its lead with this storm. I have to admit my predictions are based in part upon what I see as I keep looking out the window every five minutes hoping for more snow. Right now there is a thin layer on my car but my driveway is still black 🙁
My predictions:
Syracuse: 10
Rochester: 6
Binghamton: 5
Buffalo: 4
Albany: 2
TOTAL: 27
My guestimates:
Rochester – 14.0
Syracuse – 13.0
Buffalo- 9.0
Binghamton – 5.0
Albany- 2.0
Total- 43.0