If you are in the Utica/Rome area, particularly just south and west of there, CONGRATULATIONS! AND WELCOME TO SHOVELING SATURDAY! Or snow blowing Saturday? Or just gimme whatever I can to clean this stuff up on Saturday! For most of you that woke up to the BOOM heard on Black Friday, take your time today.

It’s Black Friday and it’s an UPSTATE SNOW ALERT DAY! We have significant lake effect snows hitting many areas of the state RIGHT NOW! This will continue for the next 24 to 30 hours. At the peak of these bands, expect 1 to 2 inches of snow per hour. In the most intense bands today

HERE IS MY REVISED SNOWFALL FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING THANKSGIVING DAY AND BLACK FRIDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT. I KNOW IT’S CRAZY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S WITH THUNDERSTORMS AROUND AS YOU ARE READING THIS. HOWEVER. THIS IS COMING. WE HAVE PROMISED THIS ALL ALONG. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES TO THIS AS OPPOSED

HERE IS OUR FIRST CALL FOR THE SNOW EVENT WHICH SHOULD BEGIN IN ABOUT 36 HOURS (FROM THE TIME OF WRITING – 7 AM TUESDAY 11/25) ACROSS WESTERN NY AND OVER THE LAKE ERIE REGION AND THE SOUTHTOWNS AND IMMEDIATE BUFFALO AREA. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED HERE, INCLUDING IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WASTING NO TIME ON THIS EVENT FOR THANKSGIVING AND BLACK FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT THEY ALREADY HAVE THE WINTER STORM WATCHES POSTED FOR AREAS SOUTH OF BUFFALO (SOUTHTOWNS AND SOUTHERN TIER) PLUS AREAS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. WE STILL DO NOT KNOW WHO WILL GET WHAT OUT OF