The San Francisco 49ers may end up getting lucky and avoiding the worst of a snowstorm that’s hitting Buffalo this weekend ahead of Sunday night’s matchup against the Bills. A “lake effect” storm is hitting the Buffalo area starting Friday night,

The Buffalo Bills Sunday night game against the San Francisco 49ers is shaping up to be a weather game as bitter cold air crashes into the Great Lakes and lake effect snow ramps up throughout the weekend.

The dry, raw chill is slated to stay through the weekend in NYC, while communities upstate could be buried in feet of snow.

We are tracking some heavy and persistent lake effect snow east of Lake Ontario and north of Syracuse through Sunday.

Four to six feet of snow is expected in parts of upstate New York this weekend, creating potentially dangerous driving conditions. Forecasters predict that areas east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are likely to be hit the hardest, with the possibility that two to four inches of snow will fall per hour beginning Friday afternoon.