well as conditions heading into the thanksgiving holiday. absolutely, max. we are talking about 80 inches of snow, specifically at orchard park in new york with the lake-effect snow that ran over ontario as well as lake erie. for buffalo, over three-daytime span we picked up 36.9 inches. that s the second snowiest three-day period for the month of november. now, a daily record was set on saturday picking up 21.5 inches, previous record was set back in 2014 at 7.5 inches roughly. so there it is. this is what causes the lake-effect snow. we get that wind to set upcoming right off of the lake so that cold air rushes over the warmer waters that forces the warmer air up, cools and condenses and falls in the form of snow. thankfully the winds are starting to switch directions. they re pulling more out of the southwest, but they will pick up speed at 40 to 45 miles per hour near buffalo and watertown later this afternoon. and throughout the upcoming day.
brigly is joining me. that s a lot of snow. it is. lake effect snow can have that effect. that s what happens when we have from lake ontario and eerie. rosemary mentioned it is roughly 200 centimeters. water town picked up 62 inches, adding over 24 hours. buffalo, new york, three day s storm totals. and then 21.5 inches, that s a daily record for saturday. the previous record was a whopping 7.6 inches back in 2014. current winds right now, 6 to 8 miles per hour from buffalo to syracuse. those are gusts, sustained winds a little less, winds are expected to strengthen and quicken as we move through the afternoon hours. that s part
today for parts of new york, but the winds are starting to switch direction. so there s some hope in sight. but you mentioned over six feet of snow, whitney. 80 inches in orchard park. and watertown, new york, picked up 62 inches and still dealing with more this morning. buffalo, three day total, 36.9 inches. that s the second snowiest three-day period in november for the city. daily record was set saturday, picking up 21.5 inches. here we are, we talked about that wind switching direction, that s a big key factor in why our snow chances are starting to taper back. now more out of the southwest, instead of pushing right out of the west and northwest, that plays a role because it pulls in that cold water or cold air over the warmer waters. so then we re dealing with more snow. all right. so, we have wind advisories where gusts are expected to reach over 50 miles per hour for places like buffalo and watertown. again, areas picking up another one to two inches of watertown with the blowin
inch per hour rates as we speak. talked about the cardiac arrests that were associated with shoveling snow. well, a lot of this snow has a high moisture content to it, so heavy wet snow depending on where you re located and of course just the pure quantity of the snow very heavy and, do you know what, that poses structural threats as well because it weighs up on your home or business. we talked about that yesterday. some of the official totals are starting to slowly roll in this morning. the three-day storm total for buffalo, new york, that s over 3 feet. pretty impressive, right. this he did break their daily record saturday on saturday of 21.5 inches. now, that pales in comparison to what we saw just to the south. i talked about just a moment ago how this was a 5 to 10 mile wide band of heavy snowfall. where it set up is where it got hit the hardest and it was just south of downtown buffalo metro. look at orchard park that s
derek van dam. dramatic snowstorms. yeah, those are incredible images we re seeing out of extreme western new york and some of the tellees are coming in from this three-day snow event and i m showing you buffalo, new york, because so much attention has been brought to that city. they did break a 24-hour daily record on saturday, 21.5 inches of snow. their three-day snowfall total 36.7 inches. that s the second snowiest three-day period in the month of november, but this is by no means the most amount of snow that was experienced across western new york. recall that this band of snow that s created this heavy lake effect has only been about 5 to 10 miles in diameter and it shifts and oscillates depending on the wind direction. it moves south of buffalo for a period of time, set up shop near the orchard park and hamburg region and proved over 6 1/2 feet or nearly 6 1/2 feet. that is incredible amounts of