LES Machine starts today !!

We have about 2/3 down along the the St Lawrence now ,still snowing 8-18 predicted in our immediate region BUT the LES machine is going to deliver in Multiple FEET . Snow Ridge ,Dry Hill, McCauley all in the LES Bulleye !   Its on !

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION WITH THE GREATEST
  AMOUNTS FROM THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TUG HILL TO THE
  WATERTOWN AND FORT DRUM AREAS.

* TIMING...WARNING FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
  WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE
  MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THE BAND. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3
  TO 4 FEET IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS.

Little snow bombs all over the place. Never seen anything like it:

Here along the River not snowing this am , but just south of here about 25 miles it is on full tilt boogie !!. We got about 5 inches here but greater Watertown , Lowville and. Southern St Lawrence countiy still talking potentially 3/4 FEET

3-4 feet. Can't even imagine!  Know someone in east aurora- most snow she's ever seen

http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/44743-upstate-nynorth-country-adjacent-on-qc-vt-end-of-fallinto-winter/page-10

This ones a classic..........fido needs to take a shit

Lifted from the link skimore posted!   insane wall of snow!!!  

I've been on the edge of one of those. It's  pretty weird

skimore
thanks for all the posts..this is one of the most exciting weather events ever..a weather guy's wet dream...
i bet some totals will exceed 100+ inches...

Here is an excellent, and recent, article explaining lake-effect in terms we lay people can understand. It is very snow-positive, I suspect the author is a skier:
http://thevane.gawker.com/the-mechanics-behind-lake-effect-snow-natures-greatest-1659711094