3 to 6 inches of snow forecast for weekend

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 1 April 2016 at 12:00 am

Photo by Tom Rivers – These crocus flowers are pictured on Thursday while it was raining outside Tillman’s Village Inn in Gaines.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from 5 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday when 3 to 6 inches of snow could fall in the Southern Tier and Niagara Frontier, including Orleans County.

The temperatures will plunge after a high of 54 today. Saturday is forecast for a high of 43, while Sunday will only reach 32, according to the National Weather Service.

Monday is forecast for a high of 33, followed by 29 on Tuesday and 43 on Wednesday.

Photo by Kristina Gabalski – Trees grow in a vernal pond on Munger Road in the Town of Clarendon in this photo from Wednesday.

Photo by Kristina Gabalski – Farmers were out in the muck on Wednesday on New Guinea Road in the Town of Clarendon.