It feels like it's just one snowstorm after another lately in the Mohawk Valley. Luckily, the expected snow totals have been lowered for this latest one.
This March snowstorm is packing quite a punch in Utica and throughout Central New York. Many businesses are closed, and snow emergencies have been declared.
The National Weather Service has updated their predicted snowfall totals as of Friday morning, March 2, for Northern Oneida and Southern Oneida county, including the cities of Boonville, Rome, and Utica.
March is taking this whole "in like a lion" thing seriously. A winter storm is set to dump 6 -12 ins of snow on the Utica/Rome area starting tonight through Saturday.
The NWS has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Oneida County. The storm is expected to bring 5 to 9" of snow, and make for a sloppy commute Friday morning.
We knew the warm weather wasn't here to stay, not yet anyway. But that winter heat wave didn't leave without first breaking many records across Central New York.
The milder temperatures are a welcome reprieve from the winter cold, but rapidly melting snow and ice is increasing the likelihood of ice jams and flooding.