Just bonkers.... imagine if they had a thaw!!!

It would melt

Just lazy reporting from the bbc. They had a longer report on bbc news that made it sound like most of the country were suffering in the same way as parts of New York state. But your right, tops of mountains dont really count. 

NE USA must have the best climate in the world

I came in here to post that very pic. Insane! I wonder if any houses are collapsing?

If you take what the media are saying at face value, you'd believe that most of the USA looks like that. In fact it's a very small corridor, about 10 miles wide and 30 miles long to the east of Lake Erie; and a few other places have a fair bit like west Michigan and to the east of Lake Ontario.

Many other areas have a dusting; but for example the Pittsburgh area, where my brother got married, is snowless whilst being sub zero all week. The best cam in that area is, bizarrely, of Andy Warhol's gravestone - as you can see, wot snow?

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/warhol/

Having said all that; NE USA is my fantasy climate. If I could choose to live anywhere in the world, it would be there.

Aye, I think that'd be my choice, too (just have to get over my distaste for Americans!)

West Seneca snow from a drone:

Tuesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6oXJcg7aM

Yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITeVTxiZOZw

That picture Darren is probably the most incredible thing i've ever seen. Just look at that SUV!!

I'm biased folks but come live in Southern Ontario, amazing climate of it's own a micro climate in the space of miles complete with its own lake effect machine dependant on wind direction!

Amazing just stunning stuff coming in from Upstate NY around Buffalo. If your in Niagara Falls you'd be pretty annoyed missing but seeing the fun from very close range (maybe i'm talking from a wx geek persepective?).

Here in Dundas another covering of snow, 6cm yesterday meaning we have about 10cm on the ground which for mid-November is very respectable indeed. The warm up is on after tomorrow though and the thaw with temps over the weekend back into 3-6c range. Incidentally, i dread to think of the implications of a thaw in Buffalo are over the weekend...that will be the next big news story!

Winter weather sure stirs a talking point or two? 

Take Care

The recent snowstorm has also produced some thunder and lightning, due to lake effect;

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/rare-thunder-snow-caught-on-camera/40328/.

(apologies if it has already been posted before)

Didnt some areas of Japan also see this kinda snow last year or the year before?

Im sure ive seen this kinda scene somewhere before.

More serious problems to come in the Buffalo area in the next few days. Temperatures are expected to soar into the 50's accompanied by some heavy rain, especially on Monday. This, combined with snow melt, is likely to result in severe flooding for a time.

On Tuesday the temperature returns to the freezer although it should be fairly dry. Then warm weather returns for the start of December.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/11/21/Buffalos-next-concern-after-snowstorm-melting-snow-flooding/7311416598424/?spt=sec&or=tn

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/MT8_Buffalo_USA_ens.png

I would be more than happy with that sort of snowfall I would deal with the melt when it happens

I would love to experience something like that just once in my life. Possible flooding Monday as mild air and heavy rain moves in? Although it certainly won't melt much of that ridiculous snow.

Doesn't last long though before brutal cold looks likely to return next week with perhaps more lake effect snow.

Some very contrasting conditions on the west coast of Canada at the moment.

On Thursday local date records were smashed with Vancouver recording 14C beating the previous record of 12.8C and Victoria recording 17C beating the 1946 record of 13.3C.

Today part of Stanley Park has been closed due to high waves sending logs crashing onto the sea wall.

By tonight snow is expected with an Arctic outflow giving a wind chill as low as -20C in places.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Vancouver+Victoria+record+highs+Thursday+chance+snow+Friday/10423196/story.html

My sister lives in Prince George BC, and I've just noticed the current temperature there is -31C! Completely lost on her I'm sure as she has no interest whatsoever in the weather... so unfair! 

A major storm possibly to hit Northern California later this week

http://classic.wunderground.com/US/CA/017.html#SPE

Fits in well with abc news Dec outlook.... California being wetter than avg.