Winter Storm Watch
Written by Dan Fischer on January 16, 2019
Issued by the National Weather Service
For Genesee County, New York
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 1PM EST SAT UNTIL 6PM EST MON
WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS TIME, GREATER THAN 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
GUSTY WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO.
WHERE: ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. * WHEN…FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS: PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… BEGIN NEEDED PREPARATIONS AT HOME OR WITH YOUR VEHICLE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT, SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
