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Lake Effect Snow WARNING from 4 p.m. today through 1 p.m. Friday for Southern Erie, Wyoming, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus Counties.
Lake Effect Snow WARNING from 10 p.m. today through 1 p.m. Friday for Northern Erie, and Genesee Counties.
Here we go again! A significant lake effect snow event will start later today and continue through Friday.
Falling temperatures today and rain will mix with and change to snow into tonight. Lake effect snow will affect parts of WNY tonight through Friday with strong wind gusts producing white-out conditions and treacherous travel along with wind chlls close to zero.
The lake effect snow band will develop south of Buffalo this evening. It will strengthen tonight and head northward. The band will be near Buffalo overnight through early Thursday morning. Lake effect will stretch from Buffalo to the Airport to Batavia southward to start the day. The band will shift south late Thursday morning and back north Thursday afternoon. The band then moves south early Friday and stays over the Southern Tier before fading out. In the band snow rates will be 2-3" per hour and winds will gust near 45 miles per hour. This will cause whiteout conditions and make for treacherous travel in and near the lake band.
WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON: Rain to snow, mid 30s.
EVENING: Lake snow south. mid 20s.
THURSDAY
MORNING: Snow and blowing snow, low 20s.
AFTERNOON: Snow and blowing snow, mid 20s.
FRIDAY
MORNING: Snow showers, teens.
AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy, mid 20s.
SATURDAY
MORNING: Mostly cloudy, teens.
AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy, mid 30s.
SUNDAY
MORNING: Sctd. snow showers, near 30
AFTERNOON: Rain showers, near 40.
