americans under alert. here s buffalo. heavy snow bands centered right over that particular location within the past three hours. so they have another few hours of that intense snowfall. but just going over the past 24 hours, look at the snow band coming off of lake erie oscillating. i m calling it the fire hose of snow, right? dependsing on that wind direction, that s where it points the fire hose and where it gets the heaviest of snowfall. we had a northwesterly wind. now it s shifting north. we still have an additional two feet possible inn and around watertown, north of syracuse. buffalo, another foot, foot and a half of snow to come. we ll be covering this all
buffalo area. let me take you to the outer edges of lake erie and show you what it looks like. this is the overnight period in the town in the suburbs of northern buffalo. the snow flying, waves whipping. that gives you an indication of how intense the snow bands are. max, by y y e time we get done could be seeing 4 to 5 feet. wait to see what happens at sunrise. derek, thank you very much, indeed. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says it s time for a new generation to lead the democratic party in congress. the 82-year-old said she ll not run for a leadership post although she will stay in congress. pelosi will be giving up the speaker s gavel in january when republicans take control of the chamber. pelosi made history in 2000 seven be when she took over.
this is where the heaviest snow bands are taking shape. erie county where buffalo is located. this snow band, the heaviest one is over 200 miles long but it s only 10 miles in diameter. the so the exact placement of this quote, unquote, fire hose of snow goes is going to determine who sees the heaviest of snowfall. the lightning strikes south of buffalo in south towns, that is snow lightening. the snowfall totals, 2 feet from williamstown. the wind direction is so crucial. that is going to determine who sees the most snow. will it be just to the south of buffalo? that will be determined on whether or not we have more of a west to southwesterly wind direction. however, as the winds start to back towards the southwest, more
potentially deadly consequences if people do not do the right thing. so let me tell you where we stand at this hour with this storm. 6 million people will be impacted by the historic snowfall here. buffalo may see a month s worth of snow in a matter of hours. up to 5 feet in and around that city. the intense narrow snow bands would produce near zero visibility. meaning it would make it nearly impossible to travel. driving has already been banned to keep people off the roads. airlines cancelled flights into and out of buffalo and sunday s nfl game between the browns and bills have been moved to de detroit. the heavy lake effect snow forecast is going to continue throughout this weekend. i m going to get to polo sandoval, in the thick of it now, live for us in buffalo. where do we stand right now? it is coming down. so, don, that snow band is south of here. that s the only reason you re
we could see just inches of snow. looking at radar, you can see the snow bands setting up. colder air going over the likter bands. the light colors, that s the heaviest snow falling. just streaming off the great lakes. we do winter alerts stretching from wisconsin to michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, and also upstate new york, watertown, buffalo, that s where we expect the heaviest snowfall. this is going to be a crippling snowstorm. making travel pretty much impossible in some spots impossible. the heaviest wind east of the great lakes. we could see five feet of snow near buffalo. that is a big weather headline. that is going to be a big story twheekd. it is also really cold coast to coast. we re looking at freeze alerts from the carolinas to the southeast along the gulf coast. and it s pretty much chilly everywhere. we re looking at temperatures 20 degrees below normal in some spots.