Oneida County Lake Effect Snow Warning 2/24

What seems like the winter that will never end continues with more Lake Effect Snow, especially for Northern Oneida county. A Lake Effect Snow Advisory in effect today and a Lake Effect Snow Watch for tomorrow. Click for details.

The National Weather Service has issued the Lake Effect Snow Advisory through 7 tonight. After a brief break Thursday morning, a Lake effect Snow Watch will go into effect Thursday afternoon through Friday. Windy condition with temperatures in the teens means wind chills will be bitter too.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES FROM

TODAY...INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AFTER A BRIEF LULL OVERNIGHT

AND THURSDAY MORNING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL RE-INTENSIFY

THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL

SNOWFALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT COULD EXCEED 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING A QUICK INCH OR SO OF

SNOWFALL EARLY THIS MORNING. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL QUICKLY

DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM...WITH LAKE SNOWS

THEN CONTINUING MOST OF THE DAY...BEFORE LIFTING NORTHWARD BY

EARLY EVENING. ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CROSS THE AREA BY MIDDAY ON THURSDAY...WITH A NEW LAKE-EFFECT SNOW BAND FORMING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TODAY...SINGLE DIGITS

OVERNIGHT...AND TEENS AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WINDS

WILL TURN SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

MORNING...BEFORE BECOMING WESTERLY AGAIN THURSDAY

AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ANTICIPATED.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOW...BLOWING

SNOW...AND LOW VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST

THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW

SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE