Hurricanes vs. Lake Effect Snow

As we told you earlier today, Bradford is the Northeast champion in Weather.com's Toughest Weather City Tournament, and we now move on to the Final Four.

Our opponent is New Orleans, and I asked News 4 Meteorologist Mike Cejka which city he would pick.

He says – no pun intended – but it’s a tough call.

He says New Orleans has the hurricane threat and occasionally has severe thunderstorms, which sometimes produce tornadoes.

But, he said, our severe thunderstorms produce tornadoes, too, and our frequency of twisters is greater than much of Western New York.

To counter the hurricane threat in New Orleans? Lake Effect snow. And, in case you forgot about Lake Effect snow Kimm Brown suggested I post a picture to remind everyone. So, here you go:



Voting starts Monday and goes through 5 a.m. Wednesday at Weather.com.