Significant Lake Snows to last thru Sunday Morning

Friday Morning update...

Significant Lake Effect snow event is underway across the Lake Erie snowbelt of western NY and northwest PA. Widespread areas of 6-12" will be found across a good chunk of western PA in the I-79/80/86 corridor. Across Chautauqua/Erie/Crawford/Warren/Venango counties, expecting totals to be in the 1-2' range. Current thinking continues to suggest that 6-12" a good bet across the Laurel Ridge and northern Blue Ridge of PA/MD/WV.

...MAG/LTE

Downwind of Lake Ontario, things should begin to get underway by late morning, with snow quickly becoming hvy at times by early afternoon with snowfall rates in the 1-2" range. Widespread 6-12" amounts will be found across a large portion of central NY in favored lake zones across the I-90/81 corridor. Travel in and around Greater Syracuse will be hazardous throughout this afternoon and lasting into the overnight hours. Highest amounts will be centered across southwestern Oswego, northern Cayuga, central Onondaga/Madison counties where totals could easily exceed a foot by Sunday morning. Across the Finger Lake counties and Southern Tier, lake effect snows will also be present with added enhancement from the Finger Lakes of Cayuga/Seneca especially. This will result in localized accumulations of 2-6" in these areas. Will also need to watch the northern Tier of Pa into Bradford/Susquehanna counties for possible advisory level snowfall, and have decided to go with 2-6" into far northern portions of the counties. Across the northern Catskills in Otsego county, this is will be a tricky call. Expect to see the Lake Ontario snow band setup in very close proximity and would not be surprised to see amounts of 5-8" into extreme northwestern Otsego cnty...will need to watch this closely.

...LTE