Lake-Effect Snow Machine Ready To Crank Out Heavy Accumulations

While cold Arctic air has been a major story across the Great Lakes and Northeast recently, another factor associated with the Arctic air will be an increase in lake-effect snow, particularly by early next week.

A very active pattern will persist over the next few days, with clipper systems moving through like a merry-go-round. Each one will bring another shot of cold air, flowing over the not-completely-frozen Great Lakes.

As we head into next week, the orientation of the winds will be parallel to Lakes Erie and Ontario, bringing heavy and steady snow bands to the favored areas downwind, including Buffalo and Watertown.

Widespread totals of over a foot are expected, with localized areas potentially measuring multiple feet by Wednesday! These areas will be feeling Major impacts over the next few days from the WSSI Winter Storm Impacts scale.