11:11am The National Weather Service has issued a Lake Effect Snow Warning for counties down wind of Lake Erie which includes the city of Buffalo. The Lake Erie snow machine will spring to life for the first time this season. Cold, strong and gusty winds blowing over the relatively warm waters of the lake will initiate a narrow band of Lake Effect Snow that will affect western New York from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. This band of snow will likely produce a period of heavy snow from Buffalo southward. Locations where this band of snow is most persistent will likely see 1 to 2 feet of snow before it is all said and done; at this time, the greatest accumulations are expected to hit the southern suburbs of Buffalo (Dunkirk, Hamburg, Fredonia). The city of Buffalo its self is not out of the picture. This band of snow will produce snow fall rates of 2 to 3 inches of accumulation per hour; the snow squall will be over Downtown Buffalo from 7:00pm this evening thorough the early morning hours on Saturday. Snow totals in Buffalo could range between 5 inches to 1 foot by Saturday with the highest accumulations toward Downtown. Lesser amounts of snow can be expected as you head northward away from Buffalo, conversely, greater amounts of snow is likely south of Buffalo. Along with the snow, winds will be gusting up and over 45 miler per hour. This will cause near white out conditions at times due to blowing and drifting snow. The worst of the weather will hit Buffalo this evening and will linger though the very early morning on Saturday before diminishing through Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere across the Northeast, a storm system will be moving through producing showers of rain. In the wake of this system temperatures will once again take a tumble with highs around 40 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday with clear skies along the coast.
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