One warning includes Livingston, Monroe and Ontario counties.
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Visibilities will be less than a quarter-mile at times.
A cold air mass across the Great Lakes has spawned heavy lake-effect snow that is pushing inland, especially near Buffalo, New York. This will create slick travel conditions for the evening commute.
The WHSV First Alert Storm Team has upgraded Monday to a Severe Weather Alert Day.
Space heaters should also be properly ventilated and used only if they are operating properly.
For the areas that will continue to see snow instead of rain, Coyle said there is the possibility for a couple of inches of additional snowfall on Monday night before the changeover.
Forecasts call for about an inch of snow before the precipitation switches over to freezing rain which may add a “glaze of ice” to the area, according to the weather alert.
Heavy snow mixed with some sleet may result in very hard travel conditions.
“We are probably going to have snow on Tuesday”, he said.
Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-20s Sunday but will rise overnight and reach the low 30s by Monday morning, and any lingering light snow will become drizzling rain. South wind 6 to 11 miles per hour.
Forecast confidence is “low to medium”.
All this snow, freezing rain and ice leave some doubting the accuracy of Punxsutawney Phil’s alleged prediction of early spring-like weather.
A winter storm watch has also been issued for Genesee, Wyoming, Orleans, Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties.
Tonight: Snow, mainly after midnight.
The temperature bottomed out at 2 degrees at 6:51 a.m.in the Allentown area, just a few degrees shy of the record low of 1 degree below zero that was set in 1979, said Mitchell Gaines, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mt. Holly, N.J.
Sunday: A chance of rain and snow showers.
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Tuesday, fog will again burn off by 10 a.m., making way for another partly sunny day and a high of 61 degrees.
