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<\/p>\nBuffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – A wintry mix of sleet, freezing rain, and snow is putting the brakes on the post-Christmas rush across the Buffalo-Niagara and Western New York region.<\/p>\n
A Winter Weather Advisory is posted for ALL of WNY through early Saturday.<\/p>\n
Expect very little snow for the western southern tier, where ice and sleet dominate, National Weather Service forecasters say.<\/p>\n
“The further south you go, the icier it’s going to be, the further north you are, the snowier it’s going to be.” meteorologist Andy Parker tells WBEN. “If you’re in between, it’s going to be that mix.”<\/p>\n
Across the Buffalo-Niagara region, snow amounts are highly uncertain given precipitation type uncertainties. Forecasters expect accumulations to be in the 1 to 4 inch range, with sleet holding down snow amounts. If precipitation stays mainly snow, accumulations will be higher (likely the 3-6″ range).<\/p>\n
“Travel conditions across the entire region are going to deteriorate throughout the day,” National Weather Service meteorologist Phillip Pandolfo tells WBEN. “We\u2019re expecting a fair amount of sleet across the Buffalo metro area,” Pandolfo cautions, and it will include sleet and mixed precipitation at times.<\/p>\n
For ice accumulations, expect 0.10″ to 0.25″ across the western southern tier, but portions of Chautauqua County may reach the 0.25″ to 0.50″ range if freezing rain is predominant. There is a small potential Chautauqua County may exceed 0.50″ and reach Ice Storm Warning criteria, but not enough confidence in that scenario yet.<\/p>\n
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Temperatures will be below freezing across the entire region Friday, causing whatever precipitation that does fall, to freeze on surfaces and make travel difficult at times.<\/p>\n