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Weather Watch: Lake effect storm to linger in area through the evening

By Howard B. Owens

The lake-effect snowstorm hitting Genesee County isn't expected to abate for a few more hours, according to the National Weather Service.

A band of heavy lake-effect snow will continue from the towns south of Buffalo and -east across central and southern Genesee County. Expect this band to remain nearly stationary through early evening before settling farther south into the more distant south-towns later this evening, finally moving out of the area by late evening.

The storm is expected to continue dropping one- to two-inches an hour. Strong winds will create near blizzard conditions.

Meanwhile, there are still lots of drivers out on the roadways and reports continue to pour into the Dispatch Center of cars stuck in ditches.

A travel advisory issued by Sheriff Gary Maha remains in effect, recommending only necessary travel due to weather conditions.

Downtown, it's pretty much white-out conditions now.

tom hunt

The lake effect band didn't hit Batavia until about noon. It caught alot of people at work because it wasn't too bad this morning. I hope everybody makes it home safe and sound tonight.

Dec 10, 2009, 5:08pm Permalink
Lorie Longhany

It just took me almost 2 hours to get home from Batavia. I didn't check the radar before traveling to Gilmarten's a little before 3 for a dear friend's calling hours. I crawled home at around 5 MPH and sometimes coming to a complete stop. Haven't seen conditions like this in quite a while. Saw three cars off the road between Batavia and Stafford.

Dec 10, 2009, 5:57pm Permalink

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