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Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

35°F
2/16/2025 7:17pm 
  • Lexington Conditions: Mostly cloudy
  • Temperature: 35.1°F / 1.7°CColder 0.1°F than last hour.
  • Dew Point: 32.4°FDecreased 0.1°Fsince last hour.
  • Relative Humidity: 90% 
  • Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: None
  • Barometer: 29.00 inFalling 0.05 inHg/hr Falling Slowly
  • Visibility: 10 miles
  • Rain Today: 0.01 in
  • UV Index: $VPuv None
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Lake Effect Snow Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - Buffalo, NY

    LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING  

Wyoming, NY; Chautauqua, NY; Southern Erie, NY; Jefferson, NY; Lewis, NY; Cattaraugus, NY

Lake Effect Snow Warning issued November 27 at 1:22PM EST until November 29 at 1:00AM EST by NWS Buffalo NY

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY

Areas Affected: Jefferson; Lewis; Wyoming; Chautauqua; Cattaraugus; Southern Erie

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Extreme

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Thursday 1:22pm EST

Alert Effective: Thursday 1:22pm EST

Alert Expires: Friday 1:15am EST (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Thursday 1:22pm EST

Event Ends: Saturday 1:00am EST

Issued by: NWS Buffalo NY

Details: 
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy lake effect snow. Additional snow accumulations 12 to
24 inches in the most persistent lake snows. Winds gusting as high
as 45 mph will produce blowing and drifting snow.

* WHERE...Jefferson, Lewis, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and
Southern Erie Counties. The greatest accumulations off Lake Erie
will be found across the higher terrain of the Chautauqua Ridge,
northern Cattaraugus County, Boston Hills, and southwest Wyoming
County. The greatest accumulations off Lake Ontario will be found
across the Tug Hill Plateau.

* WHEN...Until 1 AM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult with snow covered roads
and poor visibility. The hazardous conditions will impact
Thanksgiving holiday travel. Gusty winds will down tree branches
and cause isolated power outages.

Information: 
Heavy snow will fall in relatively narrow bands. If traveling, be
prepared for rapidly changing road conditions and visibilities.

Submit snow reports through our website or social media.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.62d48b976779651179c52b5caaca6b8db86191ad.001.1
Codes: NYZ007, NYZ008, NYZ012, NYZ019, NYZ020, NYZ085
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.62d48b976779651179c52b5caaca6b8db86191ad.001.1