4:20pm a soaking rain is prompting concerns of flooding all along the Northeast as a storm system continues to creep in to the region. Along with the threat of floods, this system will likely produce severe thunderstorms on Wednesday along the coast. Expect heavy rain and strong winds to continue through the evening, The National Weather service has issued a wind advisory in effect Wednesday morning which includes New York City and Long Island; here, winds could gust up to 50 miles per hour. This storm system will continue to slowly move east on Wednesday, behind this storm a cold air mass will rush in to the region. Rain will mix with and eventually change over to snow across the interior Northeast. This provides a good indication of how cold it will be after this storm moves on by. On Tuesday temperatures are running in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees; on Wednesday behind the cold front, temperatures will run in the 30s and 40s. Accumulating snow is possible on Wednesday evening in Buffalo as the rain changes to snow, by Wednesday night between 1 and 3 inches of snow is possible here. Then from Wednesday night through Thursday Lake Effect Snow could develop producing additional snow accumulations down wind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The National Weather Service has issued a Lake Effect Snow Watch in effect from Wednesday evening through Thursday which includes the city of Buffalo. At this time, the most persistent snowfall is forecast to stay just south of Buffalo, however it is possible that this squall of Lake Effect Snow will be over Buffalo for a time producing a few inches of additional accumulation. Looking ahead, there is speculation that this weekend and beyond could host the coldest air mass since last winter with a good opportunity for snow across the entire Northeast next week, more details as the time frame approaches.
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