A heavy band of lake effect snow is hanging around northern Erie and Genesee Counties longer than expected, according to the National Weather Service, which has upgraded its storm watch from an advisory to a warning.
The Buffalo NWS office says the storm is moving slow and will dump more snow on the region -- up to seven inches, especially from Buffalo and Oakfield southward.
The lake effect snow will shift to the south some time after 7 p.m. when an Arctic front moves through the region. That front will bring gusts up to 40 mph and rapidly falling temperatures.
The warning is effect until 9 p.m.
