PASabreFan

Brolean Broilers. Woody for owner. You know he's got those billions.

My God, the horse flies! Mary Chestnutt

That's up there for best one liners on the board since... The last total solar eclipse.

We did. I'm the one you slipped the tongue. To my angst about the forecast. The whole rapid clearing west to east was talked about so late. I actually picked it up on the cloud imaging site Don Paul was pushing. I will temper my bum epithet and just say they have a challenging job but dropped the ball. With a tiny bit more advanced warning I would have gone straight to Erie ish. That said, it's corny but things happen for a reason sometimes. I hung out with a grandpa and two little ones who started out from Harrisburg and ended up in that Walmart lot. Very heartwarming. I don't know who he voted for nor did I care. Events like this show us how much more we have in common. Not sure it will move the needle of division, but it's nice to be reminded. Also... Clouds are cool.

Not a cloud in the sky here. smh

I saw the pink too. Almost rainbow like.

It was so sunny driving west. Now not so much. Meanwhile back home it looks to be now clear(er). Such is life.

I drove west to Corry PA and have planted my flag at a Walmart. Mix of sun and clouds. Got to see the start of the eclipse but now clouds are winning out. What a beautiful sky with so many cool clouds. It's almost like they are saying we are worth looking at too. Gotta get lucky for totality.

The clouds are really ripping along. I would feel bad for SDS if they reach him sooner than expected. Fingers crossed.

NWS Buffalo really impressing. Clouds will move in this afternoon? Look at the imagery above. Like the ending... You do the work, folks. The cloud forecast for Western NY is tricky, as mid to low clouds will move into the area this afternoon. There still could be some breaks in these, but these localized breaks will be fairly sparse and difficult to forecast since they will vary from location to location. Looking at upstream satellite imagery, there is some reason for optimism for Western NY since skies are clearing a bit faster from the west than most model guidance shows. It`ll take a little bit of luck to get this clearing into Western NY in time for the eclipse, but for areas from Buffalo west, the visible satellite imagery is the best tool to monitor.

About an hour difference. Do we have a shot?

Got this resource? Don Paul mentioned it in the News. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G16&sector=ne&band=GEOCOLOR&length=12 Clouds seem to be moving to the east a little faster than thought. Maybe some miracle chance there will be peaks of sun in five hours?

Odds are down to 49%.

The Hockey Gods were not to be outdone, what with PK sticking a fork in the Sabres.

I would drive an hour or two to see it if local conditions are poor, but there still isn't good guidance on where that might be. Burlington VT and Akron OH, sure. The original point of this thread was to ask if being near the shoreline would make sense on an otherwise cloudy day inland.

Candy could move on the ice for a big man.

What I do with the forecast is up to me. I'm doing research on cloud patterns in spring near Lake Erie and would like to come to Buffalo next weekend. Aud's nerds at the airport are telling me Saturday will be partly sunny (mostly cloudy but after another work week with crummy weather they need to give us some hope). According to you that forecast is unrealistic. What's the point then? My problem with meteorologists is they want the cool, smart cred to tell us the weather five, seven, 10, 45 (!) days in advance, and have us believe it. Normally it only ruins someone's outdoor plans. But when 10s of millions of people are counting on it, suddenly it's... What do we know? Check back at 1:30 on Monday. They're bums.

If the Flyers lose to the BJs and the Sabres beat the Wings and the Sens beat the Caps, the planets might really be aligning.

Life's funny. It's going to be so awkward for thousands of people filing into the arena for Game 3. Will they have no shame?

I would ask why the same NWS office has a forecast for next Friday for the city of Buffalo, but you conceded, so I won't. Meteorologists aren't honest until they have to be. Tens of millions of people are looking to them. Kudos I guess for saying who the hell knows. But what about the other 364 days of the year?

People who won't own their opinions are also tools. If the Sabres are ever good, should I deny ever saying anything bad about Terry?

We're 48 hours out. There should be more certainty. You can't just say let's wait until noon on Monday and we'll have a better idea.

Remember what the carrot has always been going alllll the way back to Suffering. The franchise was not going to be about just making the playoffs. They were building and still are building a team that would perennially contend.

I think this goes back to at least his blowing up at the refs after a correct call after perhaps some dubious calls. I think it's all tied to season ticket renewal time.

The darkness does nothing for me. Odd, innit?