Overview
- Active snow squall warnings late Wednesday into early Thursday swept parts of New York’s Mohawk Valley, with a line near Middleville–Clayville–Waterville and impacts on Interstate 90 between exits 29 and 30.
- An updated warning in Pennsylvania covered Carbon and Monroe counties until 3:30 a.m., with a dangerous squall moving southeast at 30 mph, gusts near 35 mph, and visibility dropping within minutes.
- A winter weather advisory for the Columbia River Gorge and surrounding Oregon areas runs Thursday morning through early Friday, calling for about one tenth of an inch of ice and difficult commutes with possible power issues.
- Onondaga County is under a winter storm watch from Friday morning to Saturday morning for potentially heavy lake-effect snow with totals over 7 inches possible and uncertainty on how far the heaviest bands will reach.
- Additional advisories include Michigan’s Chippewa County through Thursday evening for 3 to 5 inches of lake-effect snow with 35 mph gusts and earlier alerts for Presque Isle and Alpena counties affecting the morning commute.