Another winter storm is coming, but this time the Southern Tier won’t be taking nearly the pounding it did last week.
“This is going to be a different sort of system than last week. It’s a low pressure system as opposed to a lake effect storm,” National Weather Service meteorologist Shawn Smith said.
Lake effect involves cold air passing over the Great Lakes, creating narrow bands of snow, while the looming system will be more widespread. The brunt of the storm is expected to hit early Friday and begin tapering off by Friday evening, although some light snow could begin falling tonight, Smith said.
Six to 11 inches is expected to accumulate in the Buffalo Metro Area, including most of Erie and Niagara counties. Only about 4 to 7 inches is anticipated in the Southern Tier, where temperatures will be a bit warmer. It is also possible that the some of the precipitation could become a rain-snow mix, creating up to one-tenth of an inch of ice, Smith said.
“This is going to be a different sort of system than last week. It’s a low pressure system as opposed to a lake effect storm,” National Weather Service meteorologist Shawn Smith said.
Lake effect involves cold air passing over the Great Lakes, creating narrow bands of snow, while the looming system will be more widespread. The brunt of the storm is expected to hit early Friday and begin tapering off by Friday evening, although some light snow could begin falling tonight, Smith said.
Six to 11 inches is expected to accumulate in the Buffalo Metro Area, including most of Erie and Niagara counties. Only about 4 to 7 inches is anticipated in the Southern Tier, where temperatures will be a bit warmer. It is also possible that the some of the precipitation could become a rain-snow mix, creating up to one-tenth of an inch of ice, Smith said.