The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul called on residents to be on the lookout for the first lake effect snow event of the season in the state.
It is expected that some areas near the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario will fall more than a foot of snow Monday through Tuesday night.
In addition, Seven to 15 inches of snow expected south of Buffaloin turn the areas east of Lake Ontario there could be between one and two feet of snow.
Lake effect snow alerts are in effect from this Monday to Tuesday night for the southern counties of Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Wyoming, Oswego, Jefferson and Lewis.
They are in force winter storm warnings for possible heavy lake effect snow starting Monday afternoon until tuesday night for northern Oneida, northern Herkimer and Hamilton counties.
“The most dangerous weather conditions will occur in areas where lake effect snow bands form and produce a lot of snow in a short periodwhich will make travel difficult in some places for the next few days,” Hochul explained in a statement.
“There is still some uncertainty about where and when the snow bands will form and the heaviest snow will fall, so Please take extra care when traveling and stay aware of the forecast throughout this event so you can plan your travel and other activities accordingly. “My team will monitor this climate system and its impacts throughout this event and stands ready to assist partners locally as needed.”
Besides, Other parts of New York are forecast to receive an inch of rain and higher elevations could see a few inches of snowaccording to the governor’s office, reported Spectrum Local News 1.
The authorities indicated that this could cause Commuting on Monday morning is potentially dangerous in some places.
According to Hochul’s office, the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services is coordinating the state’s response and offering resources if necessary.
The Thruway Authority has 688 available operators and supervisors, 359 large and medium-sized plow trucks, 65 loaders and more than 130,000 tons of salt available.
For its part, The New York State Department of Transportation has 3,559 supervisors and operators available in the state with 1,613 large snow plow trucks, 156 medium-duty snow plows, 51 snow plows, 332 large loaders, 36 snow plows and 20 graders.
Governor Hochul’s office has been calling on New Yorkers to sign up to receive emergency alerts by subscribing to NY Alert.
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