Well, the arctic cold front just moved through Central New York.  Between Noon and 1 PM there was very heavy snow and gusty winds reducing visibilities to near zero in the Syracuse area.  For the next couple of hours we will transition into more of a Lake Effect regime.  I will say I have had only limited access to data here at home so far Sunday but here is what we are up against.

First off, it looks like the coldest air aloft (at 5,000 and 10,000 feet) will move overhead tonight.  This is when the heaviest snow will likely fall with accumulation rates probably in the 1-3" per hour range.  There should be some thunder as well.

As far as the winds are concerned it appears that tonight they would favor an area from Central and Southern Oswego, northern Cayuga into northern Oneida Counties.  There may be times tonight when then squalls get close to northern Onondaga County. I'm not 100 % sure about that at this point.

If you do the math, that will put some folks in the counties listed above in the 1 to 2 feet category for accumulation. If want to know the expected snowfall for a specific town make sure to flip back to the main weather page where Mark and Brandon will keep you updated with the latest snowfall maps and I would guess they may do a video forecast update before the main 6 PM newscast.  Also, there will be maps from our Timecast showing expected position of the squalls as we go through the night.

Squalls will be a bit weaker Monday but they will still be producing accumulating snow.  the tendency during the day will be for them to slowly drift to the north.

Jim