Syracuse managed to sled into first place again for only the second time this season. After a blustery, wind whipping day with snow falling most of the day Syracuse picked up 9.3 inches once again over takeing the king of the snow hill. It’s also the biggest lead that Syracuse has had this season and the question is will they be able to hold on to it?

Steve from the forum and also from Buffalo states that the lake is pretty much frozen over and what ever isn’t will most likely be by the end of the weekend. I’m not convinced that Buffalo is ready to lie down yet though. We’ve had some weird weather the past year or so and I think it will continue so my guess is we will still see a back and forth lead right down to the finish line. Rochester is definitely a city to be concerned about. They still haven’t gotten it going like they can but they will. They continue to add up some inches and will right into Spring and beyond.

Albany??? Forget about em as far as snow goes! Kudo’s to Albany though. They are sending some plows and help up to the north. No sense in all that equiptment just sitting around getting rusted. With the snow or make that lack of that Albany has had this year they could of just shoveled the roads 🙂 Why waste the gas with the plows?

I don’t know what to say about Binghamton. So far they have been the biggest disappointment and surprise this snow season and they are killing my prediction as to how the cities would end up this year. Most of my predictions were based on a couple of Nor’ Easter’s hitting us this season which is why I had Bingo in 3rd place. I suppose it’s still a possibilty and remeber the blizzard of 93 hit on March 12 – 13 so it’s really not a matter of time running out but they need to get something going just to try and keep up with the top 3 city’s. Have a Great Weekend All!

Below are some snow stats just to show you how we are doing so far compared to last seasons snowfall on this date. Notice Buffalo and Rochester are some where near last seasons numbers. Syracuse is pretty far off last seasons numbers mostly becuase of the snow that fell in Syracuse in December a season ago. Binghamton and Albany are way off on their totals. What’s this all mean? Beats me, I was just bored 😉 Have a great weekend all!

There are so many unbelievable pictures of the major snow event that is going on still up in Oswego, Fulton, Mexico, Parish and a lot of other towns and cities between Syracuse and Watertown. Channel 9, WSYR has been having people send in their snow storm pictures and they have quite a few posted at their website at TV 9 Syracuse They also have some raw footage of the lake effect that has and is still pounding them. Hopefully they will get a good break soon. Albany who has a solid 6+ inches so far is sending some plows and other equipment to help out with the snow.

NYCO, whose blog keeps track of what’s going on in the CNY area has a good video on the Silent Edge site showing some white out conditions in Palaski. Check it out at http://www.silent-edge.org/wp/index.php She also has a link to the USA Today weather guys section that has a mention of the Golden Snowball contest and a couple others worth checking out. You can check out The Weather Guys section at USA Today which has some great weather info and facts with a fun spin to it at http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/

There is a possibilty that come tonight or tomorrow that the lead might be switching again. Syracuse has picked up enough to barely slide by Buffalo by a few inches depending on how Buffalo’s snow stats come in. The lake effect that has been hammering the Oswego and Fulton area’s has finally drifted south enough to Syracuse and has been hanging around awhile now. No where’s near as intense as it has been up north but still some good bursts of snow and a steady light snow. Hopefully it will stay to the South for awhile not to put Syracuse in the lead, but to give the North a break. They have to be past the point of exustion by now and my guess is that the snow plow drivers and tow trucks haven’t been getting much sleep the last week. Have a great weekend and for you Northerners, lets hope it’s a snow free weekend.

Oh, one last thing. Wish me luck on the new lottery Raffle to Riches. Lets try that mind thing where we all think winner, kind of like the Super Bowl 😉 The drawing took place this morning and if you were one of the fools like me that bought a ticket, Good Luck!

New snow reports are out:

Oswego: 62″
Mexico: 57″
Parish: 54″

You can also checkout a picture of the Generals Sabre’s hockey pre-game festivities and Tug Hill Tina from the Champion area came up with a phrase that I love “it’s lake effecting pretty good” and it will be a keeper here at GSB. Tina also mentions she’s starting to get a little battle weary from all the shoveling.

The general put together a video that I believe is from his work parking lot that is time lapsed showing some lake effect snow from February 3rd, 2007 and it’s pretty cool.

Below is another video from youtube.com showing the Buffalo blizzard of 1977 which gives you an idea how bad that storm was. It’s from the book written by Erno Rossi. Visit www.whitedeath.com for more information and to get your own copy of the book and extended, full length DVD by Erno Rossi.

Some stats posted in the forum from NOAA for OSWEGO COUNTY…

SCRIBA 45.0 600 AM 2/6 27″ LAST 12 HOURS

PARISH 46.0 214 AM 2/6 HEAVY SNOW VSBY 200 FT

OSWEGO 31.0 600 AM 2/6 CITY OF OSWEGO

PALERMO 29.0 515 AM 2/6 BAND MOVED SOUTH

WEST MONROE 25.0 600 AM 2/6 11″ LAST 12 HOURS

Buffalo has added another 5 plus inches to their totals since the last update and snow is in the forecast for most of the Golden Snowball cities for today. Cold is an understatement to describe the conditions outside. Most of the schools in the Syracuse area are closed most likely due to the wind chill temps in the -10 to -20 degree range. Just a light snow right now in the Syracuse area but looking at the radars that could change to heavier snow if the lake effect snow keeps coming down south from the Oswego area.

The weather channel has been reporting from Oswego which is on it’s way to picking up probably at least a couple of feet of snow. If your home it’s worth watching because the reporter from the Weather Channel has been mentioning a lot of stats and so on. The Tug Hill and Watertown area got pounded and it will be interesting to see the snow totals from that area. I talked to my cousins wife Connie who lives in the Watertown area and she said they got a ton of snow yesterday morning and that was only round one and another round of snow was going to hit them again. I figured her 3 little ones would be having a blast in the snow but she said it was over their heads and I think she was afraid to let them out because she might lose them. That’s a lot of snow. Tug Hill Tina from the forum said that they were getting quite a bit of snow and unfortunately she is having some battery problems other wise we would probably get a few good pictures from her.

It looks like Rochester is on the same path as Syracuse is for the lake effect snow. Looking west towards Buffalo it looks like lake Erie is starting to fire up just south of Dunkirk so today should be a snow filled one. Stay safe, dress warm and have a great day all!