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A pattern switch will occur rest of the week as temperatures rise above freezing. Warming with melting snow could result in minor flooding, depending on how much rain occurs this weekend. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NYwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/2okzP1U3Te">pic.twitter.com/2okzP1U3Te</a></p>&mdash; NWS Buffalo (@NWSBUFFALO) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSBUFFALO/status/1607680550525095937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2022</a></blockquote>\n', 'showMedia': True, 'showThread': True, 'componentVariation': 'tweet'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/clc645iu40040357c5yetg4oy@published'}, {'data': {'text': '&quot;By late this afternoon, the band finally, finally from the system, should be out of here and we will be all done with this storm,&quot; said National Weather Service meteorologist Kirk Apfel on WBEN Tuesday morning. &quot;The storm total here at the airport is running just a hair over 50 inches,&quot; added Apfel as he tacked-on the 7 or so inches that fell across parts of the area 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