FPUS71 KBUF 201342 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 842 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 NYZ001-002-010-011-201445- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 842 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 .NOW... THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR NORTHERN ERIE, NIAGARA, ORLEANS, AND GENESEE COUNTIES. LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR. THE STEADIER SNOWS WILL FALL FROM WILSON TO NORTH TONAWANDA... FROM CLARENCE TO MARILLA...AND FROM BATAVIA TO ATTICA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS COULD QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. $$ NYZ012-019>021-085-201445- WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 842 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2009 .NOW... THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH PER HOUR....ESPECIALLY ACROSS WYOMING AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES...AS WELL AS ALONG THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS COULD QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. $$ TMA