Tonight: Cloudy, windy, with lake-effect snow. Low 23.
Friday morning: Cloudy with lake-effect snow. Mid 20s.
Friday afternoon: Cloudy with lake-effect snow showers. High 28.
Friday evening: Snow showers ending. Low 20s.
Heavy lake-effect snow and wind will continue to bring whiteout conditions to parts of Central New York tonight and tomorrow.
A StormTracker 2 Alert Day will continue through Saturday until this lake-effect snow ends.
Be careful driving across the area this evening and tonight.
Heavy lake-effect snow continues across central Oneida and Herkimer counties.
This band of snow is producing snowfall rates in excess of 1″ per hour.
Winds are creating whiteout conditions and dangerous driving conditions.
Snowfall tonight is expected to be 6-12″ or more in the heaviest bands.
Lake-effect snow continues on Friday, falling heaviest along the New York State Thruway corridor.
An additional 4-8″ of accumulation is possible, along with continued whiteout conditions.
High temperatures climb into the upper 20s.
Lake-effect snow ends Friday evening, with dry weather for the first half of the night.
Lake-effect snow develops again late Friday night into Saturday, with additional accumulations expected.
Due to the recent heavy snowfall and the potential for more in the forecast, local municipalities are declaring snow emergencies.
