Those planning to attend this weekend’s playoff showdown between the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers should prepare for challenging weather conditions.
According to the latest weather forecast, heavy lake effect snow is expected to make travel “difficult to nearly impossible” in the area. The National Weather Service in Buffalo has painted a grim outlook for the region.
“Heavy lake effect snow bands with gusty winds will occur east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario Saturday through Sunday night. The snow bands will oscillate north to south, impacting the Buffalo and Watertown Metros. Travel will be difficult to near impossible within snow bands.”
In light of these adverse conditions, ESPN’s Adam Schefter has reported that the NFL is closely monitoring the weather situation, as it routinely does for all games. However, as of now, there have been no alterations to the scheduled kickoff time of 1:00 p.m. on Sunday for the Bills and Steelers.
Schefter shared on social media, “Teams have been told it’s status quo for Sunday at 1:00 pm.”
For the time being, it appears that both the Bills and the Steelers should prepare to play at their originally scheduled time.
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