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Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Watches in place across WNY

Wintry mix for Thursday and Friday. Lake effect snow will impact the area Saturday and Sunday.
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Winter Weather Advisory 1am Thursday through 7pm Thursday for Southern Erie, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany Counties. A wintry mix will bring snow, sleet and freezing rain on Thursday. From a .10" of an inch of ice in S. Erie county to .2" of an inch of ice for the S.Tier. Winds may gust to 45mph and snow accumulations possible between 1-2".

Winter Weather Advisory 4am Thursday through 4pm Thursday for N. Erie, Genesee, Niagara and Orleans Counties. A wintry mix will bring snow and rain Thursday with less than an inch of snow and a few hundredths of an inch of ice possible. Wind gusts near 40mph.

Winter Storm Watch, Friday evening through Sunday morning for N.Erie and Genesee county. Lake effect snow in most persistent bands may lead to totals over 9"

Winter Storm Watch, Friday evening through Tuesday evening for S.Erie, Wyoming, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus county. Lake effect snow in most persistent bands may lead to totals over 9"

The calm and cold conditions give way to increasing winds, temperatures rise into the 30s and a mix of rain/sleet/freezing rain and snow move in for Thursday. Expect 1-4" of snow, sleet, and freezing rain south of Buffalo. Rain and snow will continue through Friday.

Lake effect snow develops Saturday with lake snows over Buffalo early in the day shifting southward Saturday evening. Snow and strong winds for the Bills game.

THURSDAY
MORNING: Rain, snow, and freezing rain, mid 20s.
AFTERNOON: Rain and snow, mid 30s.

FRIDAY
MORNING: Rain and snow, low 30s.
AFTERNOON: Rain and snow, mid 30s.

SATURDAY
MORNING: Breezy with snow showers, upper 20s.
AFTERNOON: Lake effect snow, low 30s.

SUNDAY
MORNING: Snow showers, mid 20s.
AFTERNOON: Snow showers, near 30.