What was originally a winter storm watch for tonight has been revised into a winter storm warning by the National Weather Service. That means the likelihood of bad weather has increased in the last 24 hours.

The weather service is calling for heavy snow and poor visibility from 10 p.m. until 10 p.m. Wednesday with 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulating overnight, followed by 3 to 6 inches of snow Wednesday morning and afternoon and another 1 or 2 inches Wednesday night. All-in-all that's 5 to 11 inches of snow forecast over the 24 hours period.

The accumulating snow "will result in difficult travel with snow covered roads and poor visibility," NWS says. Visibility will be as low as half a mile at times.

"The greatest snowfall rates and worst travel conditions are expected Wednesday morning," according to the weather service.

Today's daytime high will be around 24 with an overnight low of 22. Wednesday brings a high of 26 and a low of 13 with snow, followed by clear skies and a high of 21 Thursday. Thursday's low is projected as 10.

Friday offers a 20-degree high and a 10-degree low. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a high of 24 and a low of around 16. Sunday brings a chance of some more snow with a high of 26 and a low of 16.

The average daily high in February in East Niagara is 35. The average daily low is 18.

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