Gov. Cuomo gets fact-checked by meteorologists after criticism of the NWS's Buffalo snow forecast

It seems that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found the real culprit behind the devastating snowstorms that hit the Buffalo area last week — the National Weather Servise. WGRZ Ch. 2 reports:

During a press conference Saturday afternoon Governor Cuomo had some criticism for the National Weather Service and its forecast of the storm.

Cuomo said the Weather Service did not indicate that the heavy snow bands would remain stationary and blast South Buffalo and the Southtowns with the incredible rate of snowfall.

Cuomo said that’s part of the reason why New York State is building its own linked weather forecasting system that will be superior to any other state system in the country.

“No one had an idea that it was gonna be that much snow that fast. Snow coming down at the rate of about five inches an hour. No one had an idea. The weather service was off. By the way, I said this in my state of the state last year we’re putting in our own weather detection system,” said Cuomo.

And Weather Channel meteorologist Ari Sarsalari was none to happy with the blame-happy governor. He tweeted, and then later deleted, this fantastic dig at Cuomo:

Sarsalari gave no reason for the deletion on his timeline, but he did keep up the attack on Gov. Cuomo’s claim that the NWS hadn’t notified the Buffalo area of the impending doom with, you know, facts:

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Hey @NYGovCuomo, you're saying @NWSBuffalo "missed" the forecast on the #LakeEffect #Snow? You are incredibly wrong pic.twitter.com/fLrG2oFTbe

— Ari Sarsalari (@AriWeather) November 23, 2014

Hey @NYGovCuomo, you're saying @NWSBuffalo "missed" the forecast on the #LakeEffect #Snow? You are incredibly wrong pic.twitter.com/fLrG2oFTbe

— Ari Sarsalari (@AriWeather) November 23, 2014

Hey @NYGovCuomo – RT @buckeyewx: @AriWeather from @NWSBUFFALO forecast discussion….on Fri Nov 14 pic.twitter.com/BI09Jchxyf

— Ari Sarsalari (@AriWeather) November 23, 2014

Boom. And Sarsalari wasn’t alone in his criticism:

https://twitter.com/ncoram_wx/status/536524959603236864

This is NOT how to lead a state after a weather emergency. I support @NWSBUFFALO http://t.co/gtrdwDmYWn

— Mike Brookins ? (@MikeBrookins) November 23, 2014

After Cuomo faults National Weather Service, meteorologists say he has his facts wrong. http://t.co/vZfQzvFCbJ

— Thomas Kaplan (@thomaskaplan) November 23, 2014

Great, another politician blaming the NWS after Buffalo's snow storm even though they NAILED the forecast! – http://t.co/TImhP4mdKL #idiotic

— Stephen Nehrenz (@StephenNehrenz) November 23, 2014

Hey, let's blame the NWS for getting the forecast right. What do you think @NYGovCuomo? http://t.co/bsYvOAnZ0b

— PhillyWx.com (@phillywx) November 23, 2014

https://twitter.com/5NEWSJoe/status/536534070139035649

Hey look, it's 'Governor Deal of the North', showing lack of weather wisdom ignores geographical boundaries. http://t.co/Tyo2wt0pxq

— Gary Szatkowski (@GarySzatkowski) November 23, 2014

https://twitter.com/SteveMillerOK/status/536544783226118144

Lost his mind? Pretty much.

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Editor’s note: This post has been updated to correct a typo.