Day 3, Saturday, of 4-day Lake Effect Event Ends Colder with West, NW Wyoming Getting Most Snow

Silver Lake experienced relatively light snow throughout the afternoon with minimal accumulation while heavy snow bands moved northward from Southwestern Wyoming County up the County line into Erie and Genesee. By late this evening, heavy snow had returned to the West and Southwestern areas of Wyoming County. This is the current radar picture (11 p.m.):

National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1033 PM EST Sat Jan 28 2017

A BAND OF LAKE 

EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WYOMING ... CENTRAL ERIE 

AND GENESEE COUNTIES ... AT 729 PM EST, A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW 

PRODUCING SNOW FALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WAS DEVELOPING





ACROSS CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY AND 

WESTERN GENESEE COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUFFALO, CHEEKTO-

WAGA, WEST SENECA, CLARENCE, LACKAWANNA, BATAVIA, DEPEW, LANCASTER, 

HAMBURG AND EAST AURORA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 

57A AND 51, AND BETWEEN EXITS 49 AND 48. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY 

TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN THIS BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW. IN 

ADDITION, SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY ON AREA ROADS, MAKING TRAVEL 

HAZARDOUS. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER 

SITUATIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS. SLOW DOWN 
AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. 



.SYNOPSIS...
Colder air will bring more typical midwinter conditions through the weekend and much of 
next week. Significant lake effect will continue east of the lakes through the end of the 
weekend. A clipper system will then bring widespread snow Tuesday through Wednesday of
next week.