Very cold air arriving over Northeast, has caused very heavy snow bands to off the warm Great Lakes in Western NY. There have been two persistent bands, since last night. The first band has come off Lake Ontario and into Watertown,New York area. The second band has setup off Lake Erie to just south of Buffalo, NY. Some places have reported 3-4 feet already. The Buffalo National Weather Service office is forecasting up 5 to 6 feet of snow in some areas. Check out some fascinating time-lapse video below of snow falling over Lake Erie:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
908 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2014

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     SNOWFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

NEW YORK

...ERIE COUNTY...
   1 SE LANCASTER        60.0   600 PM 11/18  SOCIAL MEDIA
   GARDENVILLE           60.0   800 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   WEST SENECA           57.0   800 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   2 S CHEEKTOWAGA       51.0   330 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   ELMA                  51.0   800 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   2 SW ALDEN            48.0  1252 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   ORCHARD PARK          48.0   800 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   1 E LANCASTER         47.0   519 PM 11/18  SOCIAL MEDIA
   3 WSW ELMA            46.0  1215 PM 11/18  COCORAHS
   DEPEW                 42.0  1200 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   LANCASTER             42.0   900 AM 11/18  NWS EMPLOYEE
   1 N HAMBURG           37.0   330 PM 11/18  NWS EMPLOYEE
   EAST AURORA           36.0   707 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   ALDEN                 34.0   106 PM 11/18  NWS EMPLOYEE
   WEST FALLS            29.0   318 PM 11/18  SOCIAL MEDIA
   3 SW BLASDELL         27.0   335 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   SLOAN                 16.0   800 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   DERBY                 14.0   100 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   CLARENCE               6.0   800 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   KENMORE                3.0   800 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   3 N CHEEKTOWAGA        2.0   125 PM 11/18  PUBLIC

...GENESEE COUNTY...
   CORFU                 40.0   800 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER
   DARIEN                36.0   830 PM 11/18  EMERGENCY MNGR
   PAVILION              13.5   544 PM 11/18  TRAINED SPOTTER

...JEFFERSON COUNTY...
   PHILADELPHIA          15.0  1128 AM 11/18  PUBLIC
   3 S THERESA           14.0   215 PM 11/18  COCORAHS

...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
   CALEDONIA              5.0   330 PM 11/18  PUBLIC

In the local NYC tri-state area some record low temperatures and lowest minimums may set tonight and tomorrow according to Upton and Mt. Holly National Weather Service. Stay tuned on the post for more updates, on the lake effect snows and possible record cold.

Update-These record Lows were set today:

LGA 22
JFK 23
ISP 22
BDR 23

.CLIMATE...
SOME RECORDS MAY BE TIED OR SET WITH THE COLD AIR FORECAST.
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CURRENT RECORD LOWS FOR WEDNESDAY...

NYC....18/1936
JFK....27/2008
LGA....28/2008
EWR....19/1936
BDR....24/1986
ISP....23/1997

THE FOLLOWING ARE RECORD LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR WEDNESDAY...

NYC....34/1882
JFK....37/2008
LGA....35/1951
EWR....35/1951
BDR....35/2008
ISP....35/2008

.CLIMATE...
BELOW IS A LISTING OF RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AND THE YEAR OF
OCCURRENCE FOR NOVEMBER 19 FOR OUR EIGHT CLIMATE SITES. WE HAVE ALSO
INCLUDED OUR FORECAST NEAR-RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR TONIGHT AS
AN UNUSUALLY COLD AIRMASS FOR THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON ARRIVES.

11/19 RECORD LOWS:        11/19 FORECAST LOWS:

ACY 18  1936              ACY  17
PHL 20  1936              PHL  21
ILG 15  1936              ILG  19
ABE 11  1924              ABE  17
TTN 17  1936              TTN  19
GED 20  1959              GED  18
RDG 18  1936              RDG  17
MPO 10  1933              MPO  10