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Lake snow impacting the S.Tier through Saturday morning

Snow and blowing snow to create poor travel within lake effect
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FRIDAY EVENING:
Lake effect snow firmly in place across Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and even inland east enough for Allegany county. Areas as far north as southern Erie county and southwestern Wyoming county will be impacted by lake snow as well. 3-6" possible. Travel will be difficult within lake band, especially in Chautauqua county with higher wind gusts. I-90 will be heavily impacted from about Silver Creek to Ripley.

OVERNIGHT:
Additional 3-6" and isolated higher amounts within most persistent snow across the S.Tier. Wind gusts die down a bit early Saturday morning.

SATURDAY:
Winds shift to the southwest and lake snow moves north to Metro Buffalo around noon with 1-2" possible. 1-2" possible for the Niagara Frontier into the late afternoon. 1-3" for the S.Tier before the band begins to move.

Here's the current list of Advisories and Warnings across WNY:

Lake Effect Snow Warning now through 10am Saturday for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties for 7"-14" additional accumulations.

Lake Effect Snow Warning now through 10am Saturday for So. Erie and Wyoming counties for 4"-8" of accumulation.