BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Southern Erie, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, as well as Potter and McKean counties in PA, from 1 AM Wednesday through 10 PM Wednesday.

A Winter Weather Advisory is posted for the Buffalo metro area and northern Erie County Wednesday night and through 7 a.m. Thursday, while the advisory is posted through the entire day Thursday for southern Erie county and the southern tier.

Traveling to your Thanksgiving destination may be smoother than heading home, with a cross-country storm possibly bringing rain and snow over the long weekend.

Light snow will begin after midnight Monday night with much of the area waking up to at least 1 to 2 inches of new snow. The snow will continue throughout the morning Tuesday, and should come to an end in the early afternoon. Luckily there will not be too much wind with the snow.

Forecasters are gaining confidence that once the lake effect snow bands set up across metro Buffalo late Wednesday, they will quickly move southward across the southtowns and then into the southern tier for Thanksgiving Day.

The NWS in Buffalo has issued winter weather advisories for several counties in upstate New York. Here's what to expect.

Light snow will arrive this afternoon with an inch of accumulation likely. Winds will gust 35 to 40 miles per hour later today.

Intense wind whipped snow across Buffalo, New York, on the evening of Wednesday 3.Along with wind, the storm brought lightning and thundersnow.The National Weather Service said winter weather advisories were in place for parts of western and north-central New York through Thursday.