000 FXUS21 KBUF 011349 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 848 AM EST FRI MAR 1 1996 NYZ001-002-010>012-011600- NIAGARA FRONTIER...INCLUDING BUFFALO...NIAGARA FALLS...AND BATAVIA .NOW... LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTH ACROSS NORTH THE TONAWANDAS...ALONG WITH NIAGARA AND WESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AT 845 AM WAS OVER NIAGARA COUNTY...NORTH OF A LEWISTON TO LOCKPORT LINE. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO BELOW 1/2 MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BAND AS IT DRIFTS NORTH THROUGH YOUNGSTOWN... OLCOTT...LYNDONVILLE BETWEEN 9 AM 10 AM. ANOTHER DUSTING TO 1/2 INCH OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY. $$ NYZ019>021-011600- WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...INCLUDING JAMESTOWN...OLEAN AND WELLSVILLE .NOW... IT WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY TO MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. A FEW FLURRIES MAY OCCUR NEAR LAKE ERIE. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB TO NEAR 20 BY 11 AM WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ NYZ003>005-013-014-011600- GENESEE VALLEY AND WESTERN FINGER LAKES...INCLUDING ROCHESTER .NOW... IT WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES. A FEW HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS OVER ORLEANS COUNTY PRIOR TO 10 AM MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1 MILE...AND SLICKEN ROADS WITH A DUSTING OF SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 20S BY 11 AM WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ NYZ006>008-011600- EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION...INCLUDING OSWEGO AND WATERTOWN .NOW... IT WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES LATE THIS MORNING. A BRIEF HEAVIER SNOW SHOWER MAY GIVE A DUSTING...ESPECIALLY FROM WATERTOWN NORTH TO THE THOUSAND ISLANDS REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S THROUGH 11 AM WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. $$ LAMBERT