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Quelle: AccuWeather.com
Gewisse Regionen versinken im Schnee und sollen schon über 60cm Neuschnee erhalten haben. Momentan hat es sich zwar gerade etwas beruhigt aber spätestens in der Nacht von Samstag auf Sonntag sollen nochmal grosse Mengen zusammenkommen.
Der National Weather Service in Buffalo schreibt:
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
500AM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006
SNOWIEST DAYS ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...
THE UNPRECEDENTED LAKE EFFECT SNOW STORM THAT CONTINUED ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER THROUGH THE WEE MORNING HOURS PRODUCED SOME IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL TOTALS.
RECORDS HAVE BEEN SET ON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS FOR SNOWFALL AT BUFFALO.
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, THE BUFFALO AIRPORT RECORDED 8.3 INCHES OF SNOW, BREAKING THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR DAILY SNOWFALL IN OCTOBER, WHICH WAS 6 INCHES LAST SET ON OCTOBER 31, 1917.
THURSDAY'S RECORD DID NOT LAST LONG HOWEVER. THROUGH 5AM FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, BUFFALO RECORDED 10.9 INCHES OF SNOW, SETTING A NEW MARK FOR THE SNOWIEST DAY IN OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN BACK IN 1870.
THE CULPRIT FOR THIS RECORD SNOW IS THE EARLIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW STORM ON RECORD TO HIT THE CITY OF BUFFALO
Eine sehr interessante Seite aktuellen Lake Effect gibt es hier: http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-top-headline.asp
Ein entsprechender Bericht bei weather.com: http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_10843.html
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