Open Post: Snow and Cold

I'm getting this post started tonight with the idea to keep it open and running for the next few days.  The reason is simple.  There is plenty of cold air just about everywhere and a boat load of lake effect snow.  Good golly there are going to be some insane amounts.

- Buffalo has a blizzard warning for almost three days and could see three feet of snow.

- There is some sort of wind chill advisory from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico.

- The Tug Hill region in New York is predicted to receive between three and five feet of snow in the next three days.  A lot for you and me.  A typical winter for the few residents willing to live in this area.

And how many times does the temperature push 50 degrees (or maybe hit 50 today) one day and the low push negative numbers the next day.  Reading, Allentown and surrounding areas could see a 50 degree temperature swing in 24 hours.  That is highly unusual.

I am getting way too excited.  And I'm not getting any snow.  Road trip!  Updates, totals and pictures to follow.  

UPDATE - 1/9 10:18 PM

The snow has ended after a three day lake effect event concluded last night.  I wasn't see any really impressive totals until I checked today.

The winner (for areas that reported and probably are populated) is:

Rodman, NY - They received 60 inches.  Not too bad and exactly at the high end mark of the five foot prediction.  The town is south of Watertown in a great area for lake snow.  Not a great area for meeting a lot of new people. 

In 2nd Place

Copenhagen, NY - They hit 54 inches.  The village sits east of Rodman.  If you clearly made the assumption that the village is named for the city in Denmark here is your answer.  The village of Copenhagen sits in the town of Denmark, New York. 

Others:

Watertown, NY - 47.7 inches.  This is noteworthy because if you drove straight north out of Syracuse it would take about an hour to get to Watertown which would be one of the first real signs of civilization with almost 30,000 people.  That's a lot of snow to shovel for a lot of residents.

Buffalo, NY - 17.6.  Again the amount of streets to clear is the main issue here.  That and the fact that the snow fell with winds hitting 40-50 mph.  A lot of times lake effect snow can be heavy yet peaceful.  Not this time.


MORE NEWS AND NOTES:

Clearly the cold was impressive for much of the country.  Tons of records broken, schools closed and river and lakes frozen.  Reading hit single digits seven days in a row when the normal low is in the low 20's.  However they didn't get to negative numbers.  Allentown did three times. 

The temperature difference between the high and low temperatures between Monday and Tuesday for both Reading and Allentown was 56 degrees.  Keep that bit of knowledge tucked away to see if we ever get close to that big of a swing again.

You want more snow go live near a big lake.  Here are the top five CITIES snowfall rankings so far.

Erie
Buffalo
Grand Rapids
Syracuse
Rochester

If you took the total snowfall this season for Chicago, Minneapolis and Boston combined it would be about one inch more than Erie has received this season.  They could push 200 this year.