By Mark Scott
Buffalo, NY – It was a messy Friday throughout Western New York. Mixed precipitation began falling during the pre-dawn hours. The mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow fouled up the Friday morning commute and resulted in many rural school districts closing for the day.
Buffalo Niagara International Airport was closed for much of the morning. Though it had re-opened, there were a number of canceled flights Friday afternoon and evening. Friday's basketball game between Niagara and Loyola at the Gallagher Center has been postponed until Tuesday night because Loyola was unable to arrive in Buffalo.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Joe Pace says the worst of the icing was over as of late Friday afternoon.
Pace says the Winter Storm Warning has been canceled. Just an inch or two of new snow was expected Friday night.