Overview
- An intense Lake Ontario snow band is focused on Oswego County and parts of northern Onondaga and southern Oswego, with snowfall rates of 3 to 5 inches per hour in the core.
- Winter storm and lake-effect snow warnings cover all or parts of nine Upstate New York counties until Saturday morning.
- Syracuse’s northern suburbs could receive 12 to 18 inches through early Saturday, while the city itself is forecast for 2 to 3 inches.
- Western New York will see lower totals from Lake Erie as Rochester faces mainly nuisance flakes, though extreme northeastern Wayne County and the Lake Ontario shore could pick up a few inches.
- A weak clipper Saturday night is expected to deliver light, widespread snow around an inch, followed by colder lake flurries before a gradual warmup next week.