NEW YORK - After much snowfall bombarded the Great Lakes, portions of New York could spot implicit a ft of snowfall connected New Year’s Day.
Parts of occidental and upstate New York, downwind of Lake Erie and Ontario, are expected to spot a batch much snow.
Gusty northwest winds from the eastbound continued to usher successful acold air, creating the cleanable conditions for a dense water effect storm.

Dangerous snowfall blankets Michigan during post-holiday wintertime storm
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The eastbound shores of Lake Michigan, parts of upstate New York and northwestern Pennsylvania could spot 3 to 5 inches.
While downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario, including areas conscionable southbound of Buffalo, NY, and southward into Erie, PA, Syracuse and the Tug Hill Plateau could spot adjacent higher amounts, with localized totals of 12 to 18 inches.
The tempest could origin debased visibility and upwind gusts up to 70 mph adjacent the water shores.
Coastal flooding is besides imaginable successful immoderate areas arsenic the beardown winds propulsion the h2o levels supra normal.
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Winter Storm Warnings and Lake Effect Snow Warnings person been issued for Syracuse, Buffalo and Erie, PA done Friday morning.

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According to FOX Forecast Center, a dip successful the pitchy watercourse settled conscionable southbound of the Northern Tier, causing the northwest travel to proceed to funnel aerial implicit the warmer h2o of the Great Lakes.
Several weaker disturbances embedded wrong the pitchy watercourse volition way from westbound to east, supplying further moisture and perchance enhancing snowfall crossed the Great Lakes and upstate New York done the extremity of the week.
By Tuesday morning, arsenic the upwind continues to travel implicit the Great Lakes, snowfall volition proceed to develop, impacting areas from Syracuse to Buffalo, New York, arsenic good arsenic Erie, Pennsylvania.
On New Year’s Eve into aboriginal New Year’s Day, a weaker clipper is expected to determination southbound from Canada done the Great Lakes, expanding the strength of snowfall crossed occidental New York and portions of eastbound Lake Erie.
This could adjacent widen further into the Northeast, bringing lighter, decorative flakes to New York City and Boston.

People locomotion crossed the Bow Bridge successful a snow-covered Central Park successful New York City connected December 27, 2025. New York City receieved astir 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snowfall overnight. Airlines canceled 1,500 US flights during the highest vacation question play Friday, with terrible wintertime tempest warnings and dense snowfall forecast crossed parts of the Midwest and northeast. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)
(Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
This could origin a post-holiday question headache arsenic millions are expected to question connected New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Be definite to enactment with FOX Weather for continuous sum tracking the latest with water effect snowstorm.

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