it's pretty easy to see if you look at this map. we've got the prevailing wind, the cold air invection making its way across the great lakes, scooping up moisture and that moisture off the lakes is falling through the lower levels of the atmosphere where it is well below the freezing point and snow is going to be a possibility in many spots. believe it or not this time i think buffalo just might escape some of the heaviest snowfall. instead, farther south along 90 into erie, that's one place that could see several feet, maybe several feet of snowfall. in the next 48 hours. same toward syracuse and the western half of the state of michigan, in traverse city, throw in petoskey, maybe even charlevoix, heavy snow on the way. the reason why we're seeing this is that wind off the great lakes. it's also going to bring a lot of cold air in parts of the southeast. the high for the day, check this out. atlanta going to 43, 32 at the freezing point for your high in st. louis, 40 in washington, new york and boston. you're going to have temperatures in the mid-30s but with the strong wind it's going