 DISCUSSION: As a weak low pressure system recently made its way across sections of western Europe, many parts of Poland and surrounding countries saw a sizeable dose of winter weather. As shown in the very brief summary video above (courtesy of the Meteo Europe Facebook team), there were fairly dangerous travel conditions in place as a result of this winter storm moving through parts of western Europe due to the whiteout conditions which were being experienced by many people on the ground. It is worth noting that the other problematic factor associated with this particular winter blast was that the air temperatures in many places hovered in the lower to middle 20's; making for very cold conditions as well as a formidable wind chill factor at the height of this snowstorm. As always, if you are able to avoid traveling during or just on the heels of any formidable winter storm, it is always best to hunker down and wait for sanitation crew to get a good portion of the storm clean-up process underway!
To learn more about other high-impact weather events from across Europe, be sure to click here! ~Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz
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  DISCUSSION: As the lake effect machine finally came to a close during the overnight hours into the day on Tuesday, many people began emerging from their homes to clean up from this length winter blast. There is no question that this lake effect snowfall event certainly outperformed the expectations of many forecasters from around the western to central New York region. However, as you will notice from the above graphic, there was an incredibly strong contrast in the snowfall totals extending from the immediate lake shore to several miles east of Lake Erie. It is worth noting that this was quite similar to the snowfall totals between the immediate eastern/southeastern lake shores and points further to the east of Lake Ontario. Though this is quite common in many lake effect snowfall events, this just goes to show how much of a difference a few miles often makes with seeing little to no measurable snowfall as opposed to a complete whiteout.
This is often a consequence of the ability for associated colder air parcels across the shorter axis of Lake Erie not having enough to destabilize over the warmer lake water. Hence, areas positioned closer to the lake-shore are only typically able to experience the beginning parts of the lake effect-based response to the colder air passing over the warmer lake (as reflected by the context of the lower graphic attached above, courtesy of the Pennsylvania State University Meteorology Department). Alternatively, areas located further inland from the lake-shore are positioned more favorably for heavier lake effect snowfall potential. This is due to the stronger lake response caused by the colder air being moistened (i.e., modified) as the air parcels traverse either the short axis or more favorably the long axis of Lake Erie (or Lake Ontario) along with further enhancement by orographic enhancement by higher terrain positioned east/northeast of Lake Erie (or alternatively to the east, northeast, or southeast of Lake Ontario via the Tug Hill Plateau or the Mohawk Valley). To learn more about other high-impact weather events from across North America, be sure to click here! ~Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz 
DISCUSSION: As an incredibly intense and very persistent lake effect snow band continued to impact many parts of Central New York as well as parts of the Southern Tier region of New York. As this band continued to sit over areas including (but not limited to) Binghamton, New York, the snowfall continue to pile up quite rapidly during the past 24 to 36 hours or so. Moreover, during many prolonged periods of time, there were also substantially reduced visibilities in place as well which made for dangerous travel conditions both on the ground, on the rails, and also in the air (particularly during takeoffs and landings of commercial aircraft).
It is also worth noting that this single lake effect snowfall event has already delivered at least half of the total 2015-2016 seasonal snowfall total which certainly puts the event into stronger perspective. Feel free to watch the video attached above which provides a summary of this lake effect snowfall event as of late this morning. To learn more about other high-impact weather events from across North America, be sure to click here! ~Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz Meteorologist Joe Cioffi Breaks Down Current Winter Storm Impacting Parts of the Northern Plains!11/18/2016  DISCUSSION: Over the past few days, there has been an increasingly larger amount of outpour from various national news networks concerning the threat for a fairly high-impact winter storm to break out across parts of the North-Central United States. As of earlier in the day on Thursday, a fairly large amount of both surface-based as well as more elevated precipitation began to quickly break out across parts of Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, etc. As rain and snow broke out in different parts of the northern Plains in accordance with the respective positions of both the warm and cold fronts tied to this strengthening low pressure system, a winter storm quickly took shape. As of this evening and heading through the overnight hours, the worst of this winter storm is expected to be felt most across parts of northern Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, and much of Minnesota. In some parts of the aforementioned states, blizzard warnings were issued much earlier yesterday in advance of the confident projections for heavy falling/blowing snow with very low visibilities being likely for a prolonged period of time. Be sure to watch Joe's video above which also details an early outlook for the foreseeable future; including an early Thanksgiving Day forecast!
To learn more about other high-impact weather events from across North America, be sure to click here! ~Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz A True Winter Wonderland Over in Northwest Croatia! (credit: Skijalište Sljeme via Meteo Europe)11/12/2016 
DISCUSSION: As a slow-moving low pressure system made its way through parts of south-central Europe, a major winter blast hit several countries which included (but were not limited to) Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, etc. As you can clearly see in the footage above (courtesy of Skijalište Sljeme), this was quite an impressive snowfall event which enveloped the regional landscape in white with at least 1 to 2 feet (0.3 to 0.6 meters). Hence, even with a well-forecast winter storm, it is always imperative to respect the power of Mother Nature since during heavy snowfall events at higher elevations (such as in the vicinity of mountain ridges) there are often prolonged periods of heavy snowfall rates on the order of 2 to 4 inches per hour. Hence, when positioned in a region being threatened by an intense snowfall event, one should always take winter storm forecast seriously and at their word.
To learn more about other high-impact winter weather events from around the world, be sure to click here! ~Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz |
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