More snow in the forecast for the Northeast, with most near the Great Lakes

Another round of wintry weather is on the way to the Northeast on Jan. 21, but most areas won't get much accumulation.

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00:00I want to take a quick look back at snow totals over the last 24 hours. A lot of this was from

00:04our coastal storm. You're seeing some of it fade compared to a couple hours ago because

00:08a lot of this fell more than 24 hours ago. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, with some of the

00:13top snow totals there, more than half a foot. And then the lake effect snow, of course, much more

00:18isolated as far as where we have the snow on the ground, but the snow totals, of course, a little

00:24bit bigger. So taking a look at where we have the concerns the rest of tonight, well, it's where we

00:29have the blue, the winter storm warnings, especially in the darker shade winter weather

00:33advisories. It's mostly lake effect snow, but certainly has been impactful, especially with

00:38those pileups, crashes, and drops in visibility are mostly to blame. We've seen it in Pennsylvania

00:44too. A lot of snow squall reports have been coming in throughout the day. So where do things stand

00:49with our wind gusts right now? Well, Buffalo staying strong, 38 mile per hour gusts. Earlier today in

00:55the four o'clock hour, we had 50 plus mile per hour gusts. Now that gets into a whole other threshold

01:01of issues because of the wind. But even what you're seeing now, Detroit not measuring gusts at the time

01:07of the last data update here. But we're still concerned about blowing snow. That's the big

01:13takeaway here. Michigan especially, Michigan State Police telling people, if you don't have to be out on

01:19the road, don't be right now just because they've had several crashes because of just really not safe

01:24conditions. We head into tomorrow and it's more of the same. We will see a clipper move into the

01:29northern plains. We'll talk about that in a couple minutes. But 17 degrees in Buffalo. It gets a bit

01:34better as we head to the coast, mid-20s in New York. But still, that's below our historical average.

01:38And you can guess that because the blue thermometer there tells you there's nothing going on. It is

01:42just plain cold. Make sure you bundle up. But unfortunately, it's going to get worse later this

01:48week. So I don't know. Enjoy it while you can maybe. Let's talk a little bit more about the snow.

01:52We take a look at future radar and clouds. It's lake effect snow that continues throughout the rest

01:55of tonight into the overnight. And tomorrow, we start to see things scale back a little bit,

02:01especially through tomorrow. It's lake effect snow showers until that clipper moves in. Take a look.

02:07Great Lakes Sea at first. It starts to really strengthen as it moves north and east. And you

02:11can see a line of precipitation developing along this front here. Now, not everybody's cold enough to

02:16get snow. We could see maybe a little bit of ice, wintry mix, or even just rain. But the timing here is

02:21the key. 6.30 p.m. on your Wednesday. Yeah, that's evening commute hours. You could face some

02:27slowdowns in the Ohio Valley there. So keep that in mind. Then we switch over to lake effect snow

02:32again as the system clears the coast. Another little clipper Wednesday that mixes in there.

02:38But for the northeast especially, it's mostly that lake effect that we're focused on. Here's what to

02:42expect there. One to three in many areas are even coding to an inch if you're not on the map.

02:46But maybe you notice snow over your city on future radar. Heaviest snow bands could produce

02:53up to 18 inches of snow as our AccuWeather local storm backs.