Reality and Weather Predictions

It seems that, as usual, the National Weather Service is providing a much more researched, reserved and, so far, accurate forecast for the alleged snow we will be receiving in Buffalo and Western New York for the early part of this week.
The NWS predicts that less than a half-inch of snow will fall on Buffalo and the immediate suburbs, 1-3 inches in the snow belt and 2-4 inches toward Jamestown; much different that the lake-effect snow predicted for the city and elsewhere too many television stations and other media outlets predicted last week and clung to for too long.
Walworth, NY, in Wayne County on the other side of Rochester, where my sister Heather lives, is predicted to get 1-3 inches of snow; let's see how the NWS forecasts fare against the television stations' attempts.