WSW in effect for 1'+ of snow for the area Forecast discussion: .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ...Heavy Lake Effect Snow Possible Christmas through December 26... The aforementioned system will started to rapidly wrap colder air into the area as the increasingly-curved upper jet structure advances northward through the area on Thursday night. This will rapidly drop 850 hPa temperatures from SW to NE across the area as it does so and change precipitation from ra