Weekend Storm Watch:Treacherous Saturday-Monday

Winter Storm Watch

Weather Updated: Jan 16 2:13PM

Issued by the National Weather Service

For Wyoming County, New York

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 1 PM EST SAT UNTIL 6 PM EST MON ... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...  * WHAT... HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS TIME, GREATER THAN 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO.  * WHERE... ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK.  * WHEN... FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.  * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BEGIN NEEDED PREPARATIONS AT HOME OR WITH YOUR VEHICLE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT, SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. &&