Significant Snowfall Event to Hit Western New York on Monday

Another round of snowfall will be coming to Western New York to begin the upcoming week. According to meteorologist John Hitchcock with the National Weather Service in Buffalo, it will be relatively mild with high temperatures in the 40s today with some light rain developing during the late afternoon. Hitchcock says the rain will continue into the night and transition to snow by early Monday morning, and then pick up in intensity by Monday afternoon...

John Hitchcock: change over to snow

Hitchcock says the snow will taper off by Tuesday morning. He adds that this snowfall event will be the first of the season that will see snow stick to the roads in many locations...

John Hitchcock: first snow that sticks

Total accumulation from this snowfall event will range from four inches in areas near the Lake Erie shoreline to as many as eight inches across the higher terrain.

Image by the National Weather Service