Winter storm watch for Orleans, WNY from Sunday evening to Wednesday
Photo courtesy of Marsha Rivers: A truck heads north on Main Street in Albion while it was snowing. More snow, possibly 7 inches or more, could hit Orleans by Wednesday.
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a winter weather watch for Orleans and several Western New York counties from Sunday evening to Wednesday afternoon.
Heavy lake effect snow is possible, with potentially 7 or more inches in the most persistent lake snows, the Weather Service said.
“Winds could gust as high as 45 miles per hour creating blowing and drifting snow with very poor visibility,” the Weather Service said.
The advisory also includes Niagara, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties.
“Lake effect snowbands are expected to oscillate throughout this event with the greatest duration of lake snows likely from the Buffalo Metro area to Batavia southward,” the Weather Service said.
