Winter weather struck Syracuse on Wednesday causing the National Weather Service to issue a winter weather advisory for central New York. Onondaga County was one of the areas affected and the advisory was put in place until 7 p.m Wednesday. National Weather Service experts predicted 1 to 3 inches of snow could pile up across the region and wind gusts could reach up to 35 mph.
These conditions could lead to slippery roads and poor visibility and the National Weather Service placed the advisory to alert travelers of the poor conditions.
The warning said that “areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.”
Syracuse resident Genevieve Dominiak said she looks out for weather advisories or alerts but will often use her judgement before hitting the roads.
“I mainly look outside and see how the roads are and I judge it for myself, but I pay attention to the advisories,” said Dominiak. “It looks really pretty back here with all the trees and everything but when you have to drive its annoying.”
Noah Eagle, the sports director at the NPR affiliated Syracuse radio station WAER, said he had to rearrange his travel plans because of the weather advisory. He was covering the Syracuse Men’s basketball game in Columbus, OH Wednesday night.
“Normally we like to book these flights for games day-of, but I was looking ahead at the weather advisory and I saw that was just not going to be the case. So, I decided to move up the flight a day ahead of time instead of going day-of and that worked out beautifully because our flight, a day ahead of time, got delayed massively,” said Eagle. “Everything got moved back because of the weather, and if I didn’t move it a day ahead of time, we would have completely missed the game.”
Other counties that were affected by the advisory include Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, and Oneida county. The National Weather Service said snow is expected throughout the rest of the week and residents can look on their website for updates and new alerts.
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(SYRACUSE IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A WINTER WONDERLAND… ALTHOUGH THE SNOW ON THE TREES MAY BE PRETTY TO LOOK AT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SAYS TRAVELERS MUST BE CAUTIOUS WHEN WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE PUT IN PLACE… N-C-C NEWS REPORTER MADELYN URABE SPOKE WITH SOME SYRACUSE RESIDENTS TO SEE HOW THEY ADJUST THEIR COMMUTES WHEN THE SNOWY WEATHER HITS… )
(***REPORTER***)
THE SOUNDS OF WINTER- SHOVELS AGAINST SIDEWALKS… SNOW CRUNCHING UNDER BOOTS… AND PEOPLE BRUSHING OFF THEIR CARS…
MOST SYRACUSE RESIDENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE WINTER WEATHER
COMING THIS TIME OF YEAR- BUT FOR GENEVIEVE DOMINIAK, SHE STILL HAS A
HARD TIME REMEMBERING TO BUDGET TIME TO PREPARE HER CAR BEFORE SHE TRAVELS…
(***SOT***)
“It looks really pretty back here with all the trees and everything but when you have to drive its annoying… I remember that you have to start the ignition to warm it up but sometimes I
forget that you have to take time to brush snow down…”
(***STAND UP***)
“The national weather service placed a winter weather advisory for Onondaga County that lasts until seven tonight … Their experts say this is to alert residents and travelers of the bad road conditions…”
(***REPORTER***)
THEY PREDICT THE SYRACUSE AREA WILL HAVE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW
AND POSSIBLE 35 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS MAKING THE ROADS SLIPPERY AND IT DIFFICULT FOR TRAVELERS TO SEE…
NOAH EAGLE- A SPORTS DIRECTOR AT W-A-E-R SAYS THE WEATHER ADVISORY MADE HIM CHANGE HIS TRAVEL PLANS FOR COVERING THE SYRACUSE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT IN COLUMBUS …
(***SOT***)
“Normally we like to book these flights for games day of but I was looking ahead at the
weather advisory and I saw that was just not going to be the case for this type of game… So everything got moved back because of the weather, and if I didn’t move it a day ahead of
time we would have completely missed the game.”
(***REPORTER***)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS TO BE CAUTIOUS WHILE TRAVELLING
AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK… UPDATES ON THE ADVISORY ARE AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE…
IN SYRACUSE-MADELYN URABE-N-C-C NEWS…
