Winter Weather Warning: Lake-Effect Snow and Chilly Winds Target Erie County

Miamistandard– As of Tuesday, the lake effect is expected to be incorporated into the lake-effect snow warning that is now in force in Erie County.
Between the time that its lake-effect snow warning was issued at one in the morning on Tuesday and the time that it is scheduled to expire at one in the morning on Thursday, the National Weather Service in Cleveland forecasts that there will be anywhere from six to fourteen inches of snow in various portions of the county of Cleveland. One to two inches of precipitation per hour is possible at times throughout the daytime hours of Tuesday, which is expected to be the heaviest snowfall.
The low temperatures that are expected to be in the teens on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings will be accompanied by gusting winds that will make the air feel considerably colder than already.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reimposed maximum speed restrictions of 45 miles per hour on Interstate 79 from the interchange with Interstate 80 to the terminus in Erie; on Interstate 80 from the Ohio state line to Exit 45 (Route 478, St. Petersburg/Emlenton); on Interstate 86 from the New York state line to the interchange with Interstate 90; and on Interstate 90 from the Ohio state line to the New York state line. Only cars that are classified as commercial are permitted to travel in the right lane.
Here is the most recent information regarding the winter weather in Erie County on Tuesday:
To what extent does the prediction for Tuesday call for snowfall in Erie County?
New snowfall in the range of three to seven inches is expected to fall in certain areas of Erie County on Tuesday, according to the weather office in Cleveland. There is a possibility that accumulations are higher in certain regions, particularly in the northeastern section of the county.
In the afternoon of Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a special weather statement as a lake-effect band began to set upon the city and the surrounding region. Until around 5:15 p.m., it is anticipated that it will have an impact on Erie and northern Crawford counties.
According to the weather service in Cleveland, the following snowfall forecasts :
- The forecast for Erie and Millcreek Township is for three to seven inches of snow on Tuesday and one to three inches of snow on Tuesday night.
- The forecast for the north-eastern region is 5-9 inches on Tuesday and 2-4 inches on Tuesday night.
- Tuesday, 3-5 inches, and Tuesday night, 3-5 inches are forecast for Wattsburg.
- Four to eight inches on Tuesday, and two to four inches on Tuesday night in Harborcreek Township.
- 1-3 inches on Tuesday, then 2-4 inches on Tuesday night, according to Corry.
- Wesleyville: 3-7 inches on Tuesday, along with 2-4 inches on Tuesday evening.
- Tuesday and Tuesday night in Lawrence Park: 4-8 inches and 1-3 inches respectively.
- Tuesday, 3-5 inches, and Tuesday night, 3-5 inches are forecast for Waterford.
- Tuesday: 3-7 inches, and Tuesday night: 3-5 inches, according to McKean.
- Tuesday, 2-4 inches, and Tuesday night, 2-4 inches are forecast for Edinboro.
- Three to five inches on Tuesday, and one to three inches on Tuesday night in Girard, Lake City, and Fairview.
- Tuesday, 2-4 inches, and Tuesday night, 2-4 inches are forecast for Albion.
- Wednesday, 2-4 inches, and Tuesday night, 1-2 inches are forecast for West Springfield.
Wednesday is expected to bring an extra inch to three inches of precipitation to the majority of regions.
What kind of low temperatures may we expect in Erie County?
Erie County is expected to experience a low temperature of approximately 18 degrees on Tuesday night. Winds will be blowing from the northwest at a speed of approximately 14 miles per hour, with gusts reaching up to 24 miles per hour and perhaps reaching up to 35 miles per hour along the shoreline.
In Erie, the low temperature for Wednesday night will be close to 14, and the wind chill will be around minus 2. There will be winds blowing from the west at a speed of 14 miles per hour.
Temperatures will be lower in areas that are not close to Lake Erie. To give one example, the high temperature on Tuesday will be somewhere around 19, while the wind chill during the day will be close to – 2. According to the weather service, the low temperature for Wednesday night will be somewhere around eight, and the wind chill value will be close to seven.
On Tuesday, corry is forecast to reach a high of 19, with a wind chill of – 2 during the afternoon hours. The low temperature for Tuesday night is expected to be around 11, and Wednesday will be much colder thanks to a low temperature of approximately 8 and a wind chill of minus 7.
Climate in the vicinity of Erie County
- The Cleveland weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for Crawford County, which will remain in effect until Wednesday at four o’clock in the afternoon. There is a possibility of snowfall ranging from four to seven inches. A significant amount of snowfall is expected to fall in the northern region of the county.
- In Warren County, a winter weather advisory is expected to go into place on Tuesday at one o’clock in the morning and remain in effect until Thursday at one o’clock in the morning. It is anticipated that there will be between three and six inches of lake-effect snow at State College, according to the weather service reports.
- This lake-effect snow warning will remain in force until Thursday at four in the morning in Chautauqua County, New York. The Buffalo weather service forecasts that there will be between 8 and 16 inches of snow with a wind gust of up to 35 miles per hour.
- Until Wednesday at four o’clock in the afternoon, a winter weather advisory has been issued for Ashtabula County, Ohio. On Tuesday, the Cleveland weather service forecasts that there will be between three and six inches of additional snow with gusts that will gust up to thirty-five miles per hour.