The annual Hollis Winter Festival is set for Tuesday. The area received another four inches of snow today (Feb. 15) to ensure the sledding, snowshoeing and other outdoor activities all go smoothly.
UPDATE, 1:30 PM: Fulton City Schools has also canceled all afterschool activities.
All after school activities in the Oswego School District are canceled.
The recent warm spell has eaten away much of this winter’s snowfall. With the annual Warm Up Oswego Festival on the horizon, some light snow will probably fall – but daily highs are forecast to linger in the mid-30s.
Scene Around Town: Cooper appears to be a bit perturbed that his human is taking his photo instead of picking him up out of the deep snow in Minetto recently. While the Oswego area is languishing a bit behind, the snowfall total for the Fulton – Minetto region is just shy of 100 inches.
“There’ve been quite a lot of problems,” Fulton Mayor Ron Woodward said this week. They’re the usual problems and they continue to defy easy solutions.
Wasn’t it just a few weeks ago that the weather folks were concerned we might have a snow drought this winter? Now, we’ve gotten so much snow that ABC News dispatched a reporter, a producer, a freelance video crew and a satellite truck to see for themselves.
The City of Fulton has issued a Travel Advisory and Fulton Police recommend no unnecessary travel in and around the City of Fulton. When travel is necessary extreme caution is urged. During the past day steady snowfall combined with occasional blowing snow has made hazardous travel conditions. City Department of Public Works crews are in the process of clearing streets however the rate of snowfall is making the task difficult and in some areas roadways are slick. Police also remind persons in the City of Fulton that on-street parking is prohibited from 1:30 AM to 5:30 AM. Violators will be ticketed and may be towed to help facilitate snow removal.
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Snow will redevelop again later Monday afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front. Snowfall totals will be in the 3 to 6 inch range from late tonight through Monday with locally higher amounts on the Tug Hill. winds will be light tonight, but increase later Monday.
Additional significant lake effect snows are possible Monday night.
Precautionary/preparedness actions: A winter weather advisory is normally issued for a variety of winter weather conditions such as light snow, blowing snow, sleet, freezing rain and wind chills. While the weather will be significant, the word advisory implies that severe winter weather is not anticipated. Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio or your favorite source of weather information for the latest updates. Additional details can also be found at www.weather.gov/buffalo.
Temperatures near 40 and rain showers will have little impact on Santa’s sojourn Christmas Eve. A white Christmas this year is as certain as a visit from the Jolly Old Elf.
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