WANT SNOW? LAKE EFFECT MON NIGHT & TUE
Written by: Brian Neudorff
Cold arctic air will invade Western New York Monday night into Tuesday. The arctic front is forecasted to move through Rochester Monday evening. As this front passes we will receive an area wide burst which will lay down a couple of inches. Then temperatures will drop sharply to the low teens by Tuesday morning and winds will start to come out of the northwest.
With the northwesterly flow coming off of Lake Ontario this will set up multiple bands of lake effect snow squalls. There's a lake effect snow advisory for Monroe, Livingston, Wayne and Ontario counties. Most of the snow looks to fall northeast and east of Rochester into Wayne, Northern Cayuga, and Oswego counties. I also think parts of Northern and Northeastern Monroe county could also see several inches. It really depends on where the bands set up and for how long they persist.
Along with the snow it will be cold. Temperatures bottoming out to the low teens, with winds gusting to 40mph, it will feel like it is 5 to 10 below. Of course blowing snow will cause whiteout conditions in spots so use caution as you travel Monday Night and Tuesday especially north of the thruway. Stay tuned we will have more here and on the weather section later this afternoon.
Cold arctic air will invade Western New York Monday night into Tuesday. The arctic front is forecasted to move through Rochester Monday evening. As this front passes we will receive an area wide burst which will lay down a couple of inches. Then temperatures will drop sharply to the low teens by Tuesday morning and winds will start to come out of the northwest.
With the northwesterly flow coming off of Lake Ontario this will set up multiple bands of lake effect snow squalls. There's a lake effect snow advisory for Monroe, Livingston, Wayne and Ontario counties. Most of the snow looks to fall northeast and east of Rochester into Wayne, Northern Cayuga, and Oswego counties. I also think parts of Northern and Northeastern Monroe county could also see several inches. It really depends on where the bands set up and for how long they persist.
Along with the snow it will be cold. Temperatures bottoming out to the low teens, with winds gusting to 40mph, it will feel like it is 5 to 10 below. Of course blowing snow will cause whiteout conditions in spots so use caution as you travel Monday Night and Tuesday especially north of the thruway. Stay tuned we will have more here and on the weather section later this afternoon.
I just have a question about Bob's blog regarding a near perfect setup for sizable lake effect with the storm later this week. We get storms riding just to our east every winter, and we don't get big lake effect snowstorms each time. What makes this particular setup unique from the other storms?
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