Lake Effect.........

for the Watertown NY area, some high winds with 2-3 feet of snow?
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
7 PM EST MONDAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7
PM EST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION.

* TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* HAZARDS...A GENERAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY. VERY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MAINLY FROM THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TUG HILL REGION
TO WATERTOWN AND FORT DRUM.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS OVERNIGHT AND
3 TO 5 INCHES MONDAY IN THE GENERAL SNOW. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 2
TO 3 FEET IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

* VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE GENERAL
SNOW LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. NEAR ZERO AT TIMES LATER
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW.

* IMPACTS...THE GENERAL SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY ROADS. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY
AND SLOW. INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATER MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL
AT TIMES. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPASSABLE.

 

Wait.....WHAT?

 

Yep, then on Friday they could be looking at the same 2-3 feet, I just watched it on channel 7 news.

You can follow it from this link.
http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local

 

'Lake Effect' definition:
Every time the wind blows to the east expect snow to come with it until the lakes freeze.

 

We're fairly lucky in that when the west side gets a lake effect event, it poops out before it gets too much farther than Gaylord. Usually.
We're another 35 miles or so east of there. We end up with the tail end.
If they call for something like 8" (or whatever), we'll end up with a couple ".

 

2-3 feet? Been there, done that....pfffftt.
Nothing to see here-keep moving along....

 

Early or about normal time for the storms?

 

For the Lake Effect region it's normal, we usually get some before Thanksgiving but nothing that stays.

 

Ya, we got up to 2' in the forecast by Tuesday

 

With the big winds it will be zero visibility.

 

Maybe just a big azz tractor.

 

Boy I hope we don't get much snow for the next month and a half. Let it fly just before Christmas, that's what I say.

 

They talking about ice forming in the western basin of Lake Erie already too. Waaaay too early for that, but the forecasted lows are 11 on monday and 12 on Tuesday. Yikes.

 

If it ices up , does that reduce the lake effect snow?

 

Now that'll get your attention! Hope you have a blower or plow Zap. Moving snow by shovel/scoop with those amounts is no fun!
Just to keep you company, we're supposed to get 10"-12" today through tomorrow. Drove past one of my scrounge sites (the mother load) last week Thursday...nothing but snow! "See you after snow melt"