ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Our Yellow Alert is over, as the heaviest of the lake effect snow is over. The remaining snow band will linger over northern Monroe and Wayne Counties, focusing north of Route 104, and especially into Wayne County. This is where a few more inches of lake fluff will fall (and blow around), before eventually lifting back out over the lake Friday morning. Roads will remain slick where the flakes are still flying, and temperatures remain well below freezing.
Friday will be a chilly, but quieter day. Any early flakes near the lake will lift north, and we should be left with a mix of clouds and sunshine, and temperatures in the mid to upper 20s. The weekend turns snowy (at times) once again, as another cold front passes through. This will happen on Saturday. We’ll see some lake flakes west off of Lake Erie early, then a better chance of more widespread snow showers as the front pushes through, followed by much chillier air blowing back in. Overall accumulations should remain low, with a coating to an inch or two at most, for most. Sunday will be quite cold, with temperatures starting in the single digits and only climbing into the teens. Any sort of wind will make it feel below zero, especially during the morning hours. Lake Ontario will produce some snow showers on Sunday. A few inches of accumulation are possible, so stay tuned as we begin to fine tune that forecast.
Next week will be another active week with a handful of storms passing through, but there are signs that we’ll lose the big chill, and some of these will likely produce a mix of rain and snow at times.
