Update at 12:27 p.m.: Seven inches of heavy lake effect snow is expected in northern Onondaga County starting Friday morning.
The National Weather Service has issued a snow warning for that part of the county, including Brewerton, Cicero and Lysander from 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday.
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Syracuse, N.Y. — The lake effect machine just won’t stop:
Another 2 to 3 feet of snow is forecast to fall in a very narrow but intense band that is expected to blanket Oswego County, according to forecasts issued on New Year’s Day.
The heavy snowfall is expected to start in earnest on New Year’s night. At times, snow could fall at rates of 3 to 5 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
The forecast range is staggering: 30 to 44 inches could fall after sunset today through Friday, the weather service said. Fulton could get 10 inches of snow in six hours, from 7 p.m. today to 1 a.m. Friday, according to one forecast.
The weather service cautioned that it’s difficult as of Thursday morning to predict exactly where that strong lake effect band will hover. That means snow totals can vary significantly over just a few miles.
Oswego County is under a winter storm warning through Saturday.
Just a few miles south, and throughout most of the rest of Central New York, the snowfall should be much lighter, according to forecasts. Syracuse could get 2 to 4 inches through Friday, a far cry from the 2 feet that hit the city Tuesday.
It’s possible the intense snow band could shift slightly. That’s why parts of Oneida County and Onondaga County are under a winter storm watch.
The entire region, however, will see a frigid start to 2026. Temperatures will remain in the teens today, with winds at roughly 10 to 20 mph, the service said.
That will make it feel like temperatures are in the single digits or even below zero, the weather service said.
