Weather Service warns 10 to 20 inches of snow headed to Orleans
Photo courtesy of Marsha Rivers: The sun rises over a snow-covered Gaines Basin Road on Friday in a field across from Walmart.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Orleans, Niagara, Genesee and northern Erie counties from 1 p.m. Sunday until 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Those counties can expect 10 to 20 inches of snow, with winds gusting as high as 50 miles per hour. That will create blowing and drifting snow with whiteout conditions at times.
“Significant snow accumulation will occur Sunday night through Monday, and again Tuesday into Tuesday night,” the Weather Service said. “Whiteout conditions are expected and will make travel treacherous and potentially life-threatening.”
The snowbands will oscillate with varying intensities and snowfall amounts over the area, the Weather Service said. There will also be wind chill values zero to 10 below zero Monday night through Tuesday night.
