ORIGINAL: Lake Effect Snow Warning for Southern Erie, Wyoming, and Cattaraugus Counties now through 10 a.m. Wednesday. This will be a long-lasting event and snow amounts in some areas will be in the range of 1 to 2 feet.

We’re expecting the northern edge of the band to generally get into the City of Buffalo today, as far north as Cheektowaga, Lancaster area, possibly clipping the far southern portions of the Tonawandas.

As of early Tuesday in the Rochester region, Orleans County saw the most snow Monday - with 14 inches of snow measured in Kendall., according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo. Rochester's official snow total for Monday was 5.

Arctic air will cling to WNY over the next few days. The Arctic air helped with the creation of some lake effect snow earlier this morni

It will be a bone-chilling Martin Luther King holiday across the Buffalo-Niagara and Western New York region with lake effect snow on the doorstep to greet a return to school and work Tuesday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — School closings are beginning to roll in as lake effect snow and bitter cold impact Western New York. Buffalo Public Schools announced schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 21, with no remote instruction, "All students and staff are to stay home and stay safe."

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Sunday that crews across the state were getting into position to deal with the snow.

Western New York is currently under a lake snow effect warning, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The snowfall will cause slippery road conditions, which will impact commuters on Wednesday evening.

More than 650,000 people in New York and parts of Pennsylvania remain under Lake-Effect Snow Warnings after 14-24 inches of snow already blanketed parts of the region.

More than a dozen counties are under a state of emergency as areas of upstate New York could receive multiple feet of snow.

The NWS has issued a winter storm watch for several counties in New York, with heavy lake effect snow expected.