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WESTERN NEW YORK WEATHER 2009 YEAR END REVIEW

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

(Image from NWS Buffalo of hook echo from the Hilton, NY Tornado)
Here we are closing out another year and 2009 had some interesting weather events across Western New York. I am going to list a few starting with January and working towards the end of the year, and if I missed one, please add it [...]

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Where’s the Snow?

November 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Here we are, less than a week from closing out the month of November and, in Rochester, we’ve yet to receive our first measurable snowfall of the season. On average, Rochester typically receives its first measurable snowfall by November 8th. That puts us a full two weeks behind schedule. There are only 2 Novembers in [...]

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Western New York’s Cool Strange Summer

August 5th, 2009 · No Comments

This was from a public information statement put out by the National Weather Service in Buffalo New York, on some interesting stats about the cool summer so far. Especially some records for lack of heat for Buffalo and Rochester:
…SUMMER A STRANGER SO FAR IN WESTERN NEW YORK…
A VERY PERSISTENT AND UNUSUAL JET STREAM ORIENTATION HAS [...]

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From a Dry May to a Wet May in 48 Hours.

May 29th, 2009 · No Comments

What a day! Going into Thursday Rochester had received only 1.09″ of rain but for the last 2 days we nearly doubled that with 2 inches of rain between Wednesday night and Thursday night. Thursday’s amount of 1.73″ was a new daily record shattering the old record of 0.85″ set back in 1984.
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Couple of Stormy Anniversaries

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments

As a meteorologist, most of what we’ve learned about forecasting the weather, comes from studying past weather events. That is why it is important to highlight some of these events. Today and over the weekend, there were 2 monumental events we look back on, when it comes to tornado outbreaks.
Ten years ago May 3, 1999, [...]

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