Lake effect snow warnings have been issued along the eastern shores of Lakes Erie and Ontario as the region prepares for the first major multi-day lake effect snow storm of the season that will accelerate from of Monday.
The gloomy winter weather comes on the heels of a powerful storm that brought several inches of snow from the Plains states to the Great Lakes region and slowed travel over the Thanksgiving weekend, resulting in at least three dead people.
The Fox Forecast Center says cold air from Canada will flow over the thawing and still relatively warm Great Lakes, resulting in lake-effect snow that will likely last at least until Wednesday.
That puts parts of Western New York and the Erie, Pennsylvania, area at risk of seeing more than a foot of snow.
Areas from Erie to Ellicottville, New York, have the best chance of seeing 12 to 18 inches of snow through Wednesday, depending on where the heaviest bands of snow have formed.
Some parts of Western New York could accumulate more than a foot of snow where the heaviest bands of lake-effect snow formed. FOX Weather
Significant snowfall is also expected south of Watertown and north of Syracuse in central New York. Some locations near Richland, New York, could see snow totaling up to 2 feet.
The Fox Forecast Center expects heavy snow to remain south of Buffalo and Watertown due to a predominantly west to northwest wind.
A west-southwest wind is the most favorable wind direction to send heavy snow to those cities, and the Fox Forecast Center does not expect that to occur at this time.
The historic Marblehead Lighthouse in northwest Ohio sits along the rocky shores of frozen Lake Erie, seen here in winter with a colorful sunrise and snow and ice. Michael Shake – stock.adobe.com Western New York will be hit by the first significant multi-day lake effect snow storm of the season. FOX Weather
Back to the west, parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula could see heavy lake effect snow Monday and Monday night off Lake Superior.
Because of this, the National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings that go into effect Sunday night and last through Tuesday morning.
With lake effect snow warnings and winter storm watches in effect, travel is expected to be extremely difficult in those regions once winter weather arrives.
The National Weather Service said the heavy snow will fall in narrow bands and anyone traveling to the areas where it has settled should be prepared for rapidly changing road conditions and reduced visibility.
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