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Well, not yet. But if these temperatures continue, it won’t take long. Here’s a look at the water temperatures on Lake Erie, which is the most shallow of the five:
Notice that most of the lake temps are now between 33 and 36. There will be a gradual decrease in [...] This will be a big story this weekend, especially in the Laurel Highlands and Northern Alleghenies. Some spots will pick up over a foot of snow by the early part of next week. If you live in State College, Altoona or Bedford and eastward, you’ll have little snow but a lot of cold and [...] Here’s a list of snow totals from the National Weather Service for Monday night into Tuesday’s snow… We haven’t dealt with much lake effect snow this year so far, but that will change tonight and early Tuesday. The Laurel Highlands and Northern Alleghenies (usual spots) will see the highest snow totals through noon Tuesday, with most areas west of Route 219 picking up 2 to 4 inches of fresh powder. Some [...] We’ve had our bouts of lake effect and lake enhanced snow this season, and last night was another hefty round for some of us. Narrow bands of perfectly channeled moisture and wind allowed bands to form off of Lake Michigan (yes, Michigan), and push their way into the Laurel Highlands. Some moisture was added [...] Just like it should be this time of year, right? Well, the cold coming into the area late tonight through Saturday morning can be dangerous. On the snow side, parts of the Laurel Highlands and Northern Alleghenies will see up to 6 inches of fresh powder by Thursday night. Most of the area will [...] It’s time for another snow event across the Alleghenies. This time, it’s a two-parter. The first part is a quick-moving clipper system that’ll get here tonight and will be out of here by tomorrow around midday. The second part is the lake-effect machine, again. So how much snow are we going to get? Click in for details… Here’s a look at the expected snow totals through Tuesday at 6 PM. We’ll have an updated look at expected snow totals tomorrow. At this point, it looks like the heavieset snow will fall late Monday night into Tuesday. As usual, the highest elevations and snow belt in the Northern Alleghenies will see the most snow. This being a lake-effect event, the location of the bands will determine who sees the most snow. By the way, this map is in high-resolution. It’s still a computer model, but this should do a better job of identifying the mountain. Click in for the hyper-local map. Here’s the latest run of Futurecast. Just like before, the same things apply.
This is the post where you can leave your snow reports. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post. Make sure you leave your name, where you’re from, and your snow report. We’ll try to share some of the snow totals after the storm wraps up! This is update #3 coming at 4:29 PM on Tuesday. Here’s the latest on our first accumulations of the season along with a map showing where we’re expecting the most snow to fall. Continue into the post for the details… Just a quick update here as Futurecast is looking more and more like it should, I think. Still, keep in mind that this is just a computer model and it could be wrong. Also, if the wind direction shifts off of the lakes, the snow bands will set up in a different place, leading to different accumulations. If you’d like to see the updated Futurecast snow map, click in… It’s actually been a pretty mild winter so far. Lake Erie, where we get most of our lake effect from, is still not frozen. Here, I talk about how lake effect snows form and the main ingredients to get some good lake effect. Well, we’re into 2008 now and we’re still waiting for our opportunities for lake effect snow to come to an end. However, with the current state of the lakes, it’s not going to happen anytime soon. If you remember back in November, I posted a video that aired on Weather Plus about lake effect [...] Here are some snow totals that came in on WJACTV.com/WEATHER. Please remember that these are not OFFICIAL totals and may not be scientifically accurate. The time listed is the time when the report came in through the website. Most often it reflects the end of the event, but there are times when it may [...] Just a quick update at 6:27 PM. We received a couple of videos from Ron Shawley. I’ve posted them to our blog. Thanks again, Ron! Also, we received one accumulation e-mail. That was from Dan Couture of Friedens, Somerset County. As of 5:15 PM, he reported having just about 3 inches of snow on [...] As I promised on my noon newscast, here’s a look at snowfall accumulations. Also, we have a look at those weather advisories. For these accumulations, I think this is a good legend:PINK (1″ to 2″)PURPLE (2″ to 4″)GRAY (4″ to 6″)WHITE (6″ +)
The Lake Effect Snow Machine has started up across the Alleghenies. Temperatures across the lakes are really warm and the air moving across is much colder. That, along with the fetch of the winds, elevation, and wind shear all affect lake effect. Get all the details in this Weather Plus exclusive:
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