And with your storm team two weather
update on this Friday night,
I'm meteorologist Elise Smith.
It was a bit of a snowy end to the work week.
Now we're going to say goodbye
to the snow for the weekend,
but it is going to be very cold.
One of the coldest days we've
seen in a minute here in Buffalo.
That's tomorrow morning lows on Saturday,
only going to be in the teens.
Factor in a wind chill,
we could have wind chill values
tomorrow morning feeling like the
single digits by the afternoon we
are going to reach the mid 20s.
Temperature-wise,
that is still well below freezing,
well below average for this
time of year as well.
And unfortunately,
tomorrow we got another cloudy day.
But by Sunday,
Sunshine arrives in perfect timing.
A beautiful sunny day,
but cold still.
Temperatures will be below freezing
throughout the entire weekend,
but the sunshine is really going to
make a difference on Sunday for our
Wild card matchup against the Dolphins.
If you're headed to Highmark Stadium,
here's what you need to know.
Of course, it's a January football day.
Temperatures will be in the upper
20s or lower 30s in the morning,
though again, teens for temperatures,
not much of a breeze at all.
Light winds out of the South.
That is great news,
but we do know within high Mark Stadium
you can get an occasional gust up to 20 mph.
At times a wind chill factor
will be feeling like the mid 20s.
No precipitation.
Beautiful sunny day for Sunday.
Sunday could be the first mostly
sunny day we've seen here in
Buffalo since November 26th.
What a way to welcome the postseason
here for our Buffalo Bills again.
Nearly 30 degrees,
still below freezing at kickoff
under that mostly sunny sky.
1:00 PM of course at Highmark
Stadium on Sunday.
Now As for today,
we did pick up some snow,
but I got 2 words for you.
Dry air that really fizzled out
our highest snowfall potential.
Today we still picked up around
1 to 4 inches of snow.
That is what we were anticipating,
Buffalo only an inch.
A little farther N you go along
the lakefront.
Of Lake Ontario and to Niagara and Orleans
County saw about 3 to 5 inches there.
Farther S into southern Erie County
had about two to three inches and
then farther into the Southern
Tier again about one to three
upwards of four inches of snow.
There still have a winter weather
advisory first to Taqwa County
tonight will likely expire early
Saturday morning at 4:00 AM.
This is to account for some of the
snow and potentially a little bit
of freezing drizzle we've seen.
So we still are anticipating some
slippery roads tomorrow morning.
Overnight tonight,
current satellite and radar loop
we are cloudy has been all day.
Still picking up on what are some
very light snow showers moving in off
of Lake Ontario with that northerly
breeze setting up some very light
flurries in Niagara-on-the-lake,
Lewiston, Lockport,
Niagara Falls, Grand Island.
Even today when I've been
up on rooftop weather,
when we haven't seen snow on the radar,
there have been some light flurries.
That's just the kind of day we've had.
But once the snow subsides,
tonight the main story again for
the weekend is going to be the cold.
Right now we have a wind chill that
is already making it feel like the
teens or single digits all across
Western New York feels like 9 degrees
right now in Jamestown 19 and Dunkirk.
We haven't had wind chill values this
low since the Blizzard of 2022. So yes,
and definitely a colder weekend ahead,
but we will see some more sunshine.
So here we go on future look again,
that breeze out of the North also
keeping us locked in and cloudy tomorrow.
Thanks Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
By tomorrow afternoon we should
flirt with a little more.
Sunshine,
but still that predominantly cloudy sky.
Potentially a stray flurry or
two as well with that breeze over
the lakes now moving into Sunday.
Sunday we could be a little more
locked in with cloud cover.
But boom,
by 2:00 PM we should see a lot
of those clouds fizzle out.
The breeze over the lakes is not
as strong sunshine for the game.
That's great news there,
but we will see a couple more
clouds built in for Sunday night
now seven day zone forecast.
Niagara and Orleans counties and
Buffalo very similar seven days.
Some big weather systems are moving in.
We're losing some of the localized lake
effect here with the winter weather pattern.
But looking ahead to next week
after our wintry weekend we are
going to rebound into the 40s.
So an above average week temperature
wise and that gives us a few
chances for rain instead of snow.
Similarly for the South towns
and the Southern Tier.
Now S towns very similar forecast
to Buffalo Cold weekend quiet
start to the week with them Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday,
couple of rain chances on the board
and then for the Southern Tier.
Potentially a wintry mix to round out
the week and that is your storm team.
Two weather update on this Friday night
and have a great weekend everybody.