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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sonicbuffalo_RIP" data-source="post: 381676" data-attributes="member: 21543"><p>We used to live in Syberia-cuse, New York (Syracuse).  It's a huge storm, but in Buffalo, it hit only in what they call lake effect bands.  A band is like this....it might only be 10 miles wide and snowing heavily in that 10 mile wide band, but maybe it's total length is 30 miles.  In effect, it's a 10 mile by 30 mile 'band' of snow.  If you are even 1 mile out of the band, the snow most likely is only flurries with no real accumulation going on.  A band is created by cold air rushing over the warmer Great Lakes and then moving acccording to the wind patterns.  We lived in Syracuse, as I said, and frequently we would get the bands in that area.  Syracuse, on average per year, gets more snow than the Buffalo airport records.  It's not uncommon for upstate NY cities to get 5" a day during the coldest part of winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>