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Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Sunday marks the first "sticking" snow fall north of the city this season.
The National Weather Service has the following advisories posted:
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.
* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY
* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL 3 TO 5 INCHES.
* WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES....AS LOW AS A QUARTER OF A MILE WITHIN THE CORE OF
THE LAKE SNOW BAND.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS AROUND
30 TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY LAKE SNOWS
WILL CROSS THE BUFFALO METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
PRODUCE CHALLENGING DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS ROADS BECOME FURTHER SNOW COVERED.
SNOWFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR WITHIN THE
CORE OF THE SNOW BAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL
BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN
ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS.
