WNY winter storm: The latest on the lake effect snow event - WGRZ.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Here is the latest accusation you request to cognize astir what volition beryllium a memorable and perchance historical wintertime tempest for Western New York.

For Buffalo, the water effect lawsuit volition statesman Thursday evening erstwhile an country of snowfall lifts done disconnected the water and paves the mode for the salient water effect set to make successful its wake.

A Lake Effect Snow Warning for bluish Erie County began astatine 7 p.m. Thursday and goes until 1 p.m. Sunday arsenic this set of water effect volition linger implicit the portion that long. 

The heaviest snow, though, for the metropolis and greater Buffalo country volition autumn Thursday nighttime into Friday greeting erstwhile snowfall rates could scope betwixt 2 to 4 inches an hour. There could easy beryllium a ft of snowfall connected the crushed for regions straight nether the water effect band. By the extremity of the water effect event, with snowfall showers continuing disconnected and connected done aboriginal Sunday, determination could beryllium 2 to 3 feet of snowfall connected the crushed here. 

For the Southtowns, this water effect set that volition beryllium successful Buffalo could besides beryllium ample capable to widen arsenic acold southbound arsenic Hamburg and Brant. The Southowns besides picked up astir 3 to 5 inches of snowfall Wednesday nighttime into Thursday, upwards of a ft for the hills of confederate Erie County.

A Lake Effect Snow Warning began astatine 7 p.m. Thursday and goes until 1 a.m. Saturday with further snowfall accumulations reaching up 2 to 3 feet. 

And arsenic the snowfall moves retired of confederate Erie County and the Southtowns, it volition assistance northbound and get successful Niagara Falls.

A Lake Effect Snow Warning begins astatine 7 a.m. Saturday and goes until 7 a.m. Sunday for Niagara County, with a Winter Weather Advisory for Orleans County for the aforesaid timeframe. Saturday the water effect set volition displacement northbound and could bring 5 to 12 inches of snowfall to the Northtowns and Niagara and Orleans County. 

But this set volition dive backmost southbound into Sunday, and fizzle retired arsenic it does. a fewer water snowfall showers are inactive successful the forecast for Sunday, but with much northwesterly travel implicit the water alternatively of southwesterly, the snowfall showers volition escaped their strength lawsuit volition statesman to end. 

As for the Southern Tier, a Lake Effect Snow Warning for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties goes until 10 p.m. Thursday. The lawsuit is astir implicit for the Southern Tier this clip around, aft water snowfall showers brought 5 to 12 inches of snowfall Wednesday nighttime and Thursday morning. This portion though could beryllium conscionable clipped by the water effect Friday night, bringing a fewer much inches of snow.