Lake Effect Snows News Today

The end to the heavy snowfall gives residents and municipalities a chance to begin digging out but travel bans remain in south Buffalo, Evans, Hamburg Lackawanna and Orchard Park. Heavy snow remains n South Buffalo and Buffalo schools have closed for Monday.

Here comes our frontal system. this is where well pick up the wet weather. low pressure checks up into canada. thats going to be key as to what happens in the midwest and toward the great lakes. but right along that i-49 corridor in areas around boston and new york, also for philadelphia and into new jersey and connecticut in the morning its going to be a little slippery. so the roads are going to be a little more treacherous. but on the back side this is where were looking at the potential for ...

Braving the cold for us, joining us live now from a mountain of snow there in erie, pennsylvania. alex, that city got as much snow in the past several days as they usually get all winter? >> reporter: yeah, thats right, tom. they usually get about 100 inches of snow here in erie all winter. so far, theyve gotten 102 inches just in december alone. as for what happens for these massive mounds of snow like this one piling up all over town? officials here say, they just havent gotten to that point y...

But secretary of state rex tillerson, david, tells us, the meeting is still under consideration. david? >> all right, cecilia vega with us. cecilia, thank you. back here at home tonight, the arctic blast in the midwest, moving into the northeast tonight. a dangerous commute in gaylord, michigan, among other places. so, lets get right to meteorologist rob marciano tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, david. going to feel a lot different here tomorrow night. thats for sure. winter storm warnings...

Tery, cold air in place. look for snowfall across interior sections of the northeast. what about the forecast? we go into the next several days. look at this. for new york today, should be in the 40s. going through the next couple days, sunday, monday, tuesday, we will be right around that freezing mark coming up for sunday afternoon. there are lake effect snows, so driving wise youll have some difficulties there. could see some reduced visibility and treacherous road conditions. now, i looked a...

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Feet. i talked about winter really is not giving up across a good portion of the nation. and these temperatures across the midwest, in addition to snowfall, theyre in the single di digits and below zero. right now fargo is minus 15. i took a look just about an hour or so ago, and fargo was minus 13 degrees outside. chicago only reporting six. youve got these lovely 20s down into st. louis and also in cincinnati. so, yeah, the big chill is on and even into the eastern great lakes weve got some la...