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ROCHESTER, New York — Widespread snow followed by lake effect bands disrupted travel Friday afternoon along Interstate 90 from Rochester east through Wayne County toward Oswego County, where 3 to 6 inches of snow accumulated through Sunday morning, with 4 to 7 inches piling up along the Lake Ontario shoreline as winds strengthened behind an Arctic front.
The National Weather Service in Buffalo kept a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 1 p.m. Friday through 7 a.m. Sunday for Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, Livingston, and Ontario counties. Forecasters said an initial round of synoptic snow Friday would transition to localized lake effect snow tonight through Saturday, with wind gusts near 35 miles per hour producing blowing and drifting snow…