7 Weather 5am Update, Friday, January 12

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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. CERTAINLY THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORM THIS MORNING WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TO START YOUR DAY. WE DO HAVE A HIGH WIND WARNING THAT GOES INTO EFFECT LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK RUNNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WINDS WILL GUST NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES AS WE HEAD TOWARD TONIGHT THROUGH THE START OF THE WEEKEND, WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ERIE GENESEE, WYOMING, CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES FOR 01:00PM ON SATURDAY THROUGH 07:00AM ON MONDAY SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND THEN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THAT

WILL DEVELOP CHECKING OUT THE RADAR RIGHT NOW. ALL IS QUIET. THERE IS THAT LARGE COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM HEADING TOWARD US. THAT’S GOING TO USHER IN THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND THIS COLD AIR STICKING AROUND THROUGH NEXT WEEK. 31 DEGREES WINDS SOUTHEAST JUST 3 MILES PER HOUR. BUT CHECK OUT LATER TODAY AROUND 11:00PM WINDS GUSTING AROUND 45 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. ON SATURDAY, WINDS GUSTING NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THEN WE GET INTO SUNDAY WINDS GUSTING AROUND 35 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. SO

IF YOU HAVE THE THE LAKE BAND THAT YEAR AND WITH THIS TEST WITH THE SNOW COMING DOWN, THE STRONG WINDS, TRAVEL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ONCE AGAIN WILL EXPERIENCE SOME POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE. AND THEN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY, SOME SCATTERED POWER

OUTAGES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE SOME OF THE STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. AND THEN SATURDAY EVENING, THAT THREAT IS THERE FOR POWER OUTAGES AS WELL. SO BE TO LOSE THE POWER LIKE WE DID THE OTHER DAY. THE WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THEY WERE FOR LAST

WIND EVENT. BUT STILL WE’RE TALKING WINDS NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR TODAY. MOSTLY CLOUDY WINDS INCREASE LATE IN THE DAY WITH THAT RAIN COMING IN AS WE HEAD TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AROUND 7 O’CLOCK WITH SOME RAIN AND SNOW IN BUFFALO, RAIN OVERNIGHT, CHANGING BACK TO SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS OFF AND ON DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND THEN LAKE EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP A LOOK AT THAT. AND NOW THE WINDS ARE BRINGING THAT BAND OVER BUFFALO SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. AND THEN AS THE DAY MOVES ALONG THE BAN SHIFT SO THE

GOOD NEWS, THE MAN NOT GOING TO STAY IN ONE SPOT FOR A SIGNIFICANT OF TIME. THE BAD NEWS IS THE METRO AREA WILL CERTAINLY SEE SOME SNOW AND THIS WILL IMPACT THE GAME. HERE’S A CLOSER LOOK AT SNOW TOTALS AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. WE’LL GO SATURDAY THROUGH 09:30PM, JUST BUT ONE TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WATCH THE BAND SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING ABOUT 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND BUFFALO OVER TOWARD ORCHARD PARK. AND THEN THE SNOW TOTALS IN BUFFALO TO MOVE ALL THAT MUCH. BUT THEY CERTAINLY DO SOUTH OF BUFFALO, WHERE

YOU’LL SEE MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTH DOWNS. BY THE TIME WE GET INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SO FOR THE BILLS GAME, WINDY AND COLD WITH SNOW SHOWERS FOR YOUR TAILGATE. THAT LAKE EFFECT SNOW NEAR THE STADIUM FOR THE START OF THE GAME. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THAT BAND WILL BE. MOST LIKELY OVER THE STADIUM AT TOWARD THE END OF THE GAME. YOUR FORECAST FOR TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY, THAT LATE DAY RAIN WINDS ON THE INCREASE. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30’S TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW 30’S. WE’LL HAVE RAIN WHICH WILL MIX

WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS TOMORROW. SNOW AND STRONG