Lake snow to plague northern and western NY through Monday morning before weakening

Lake snow to plague northern and western NY through Monday morning before weakening

As expected, very heavy lake effect snow squalls have hit localized parts of northern New York, especially east and northeast of Lake Ontario and parts of western New York east-northeast of Lake Erie.

The rest of our area had a brief burst of snow earlier today, but the biggest weather issue during the day Sunday was the gusty wind for everyone. Gusts of 40 to 45 MPH have occurred for many areas!

Here is a quick look at what’s new and next:

Wind gusts of 30 to 40 MPH will continue through early Sunday evening before winds diminish to 20 to 30 MPH by midnight and 10 to 15 MPH by late tonight. The wind will be in the same range or lower during Monday.

However, lake effect snow will continue Sunday night into Monday east and northeast of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.

A winter storm warning for lake effect snow continues east of Lake Ontario:

Forecast for new snow across much of upstate NY:

Forecast for new snow across areas of far northern New York

The lake effect snow should end Monday night. However, a general widespread light snow event should occur everywhere on Tuesday. This will likely mean a fresh coating to an inch or two of snow for many spots starting around dawn Tuesday and ending by early to mid-afternoon Tuesday.

After that, get set for another round of heavier lake effect snow for Tuesday night, Wednesday, Wednesday night and Thursday.  During this time period mentioned, many parts of central and northern Oswego county, central and southern Jefferson county and much of Lewis county will have the best chance for seeing another hefty round of lake effect snow with an opportunity of 6 to 12 inches of snow per 12 hour period mentioned. That will likely mean feet of snow for the most persistent areas of these counties mentioned.

Having said that, many parts of the immediate central New York area will see very little, if any accumulating snow. However, temperatures will remain chilly and not get out of the 20s.

A look ahead to Friday shows another coastal snowstorm forming. Right now, it appears that our area will only receive light accumulating snow of a couple of inches. However, this storm bares watching.

Get set for easily the coldest high and low temperatures of the season by this weekend!