And with your storm team two weather
update on this Thursday night,
I'm meteorologist Elise Smith.
High wind warnings and wind advisories
are now in effect, will stay in effect
until 7:00 AM tomorrow morning.
Every single county in Western New
York has one of the strongest gusts
we're going to see over the next.
I would say 12 hours is going
to be right along Lake Erie,
up into Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
Grand Island, the north towns.
And those wind gusts could peak at 60 mph,
but at about 9:30 Thursday night.
We already have some wind
gusts topping 50 mph.
We just saw a 50 mile per
hour gust in Niagara Falls,
47 mile per hour gusts just
registered at the Buffalo Airport,
44 in Dunkirk.
And it's the longevity how long we're
going to have these gusty winds,
which is a little concerning tonight.
These are not the strongest wind
gusts we've seen this winter.
We had hurricane force wind gusts when we
had the Blizzard back over Christmas weekend,
but with these wind gusts staying
around 50 to 60 mph for a few hours,
we are going to.
Essentially see some tree damage.
And of course with tree damage,
depending on the way they fall,
that could come with some power
outages as well over the next 4 hours,
and then potentially some minor
property damage as well.
With these gusty winds,
if things are blowing around
your neighborhood,
peak wind gusts come in the next few hours,
so we still have a ways to go.
We had a 50 mile per hour gusts,
but we could have a 60 mile per
hour gust at 1:00 AM tonight.
You see that again right here.
With that southwesterly flow
coming in right off the lake,
this is primarily going to
be a Niagara frontier.
Event with those strongest gusts all
the way continuing into Rochester,
we keep those 50 to 60 mile per hour
gusts through about 4:00 AM Friday,
but winds don't necessarily
back down tomorrow morning.
We still have the potential to see
40 to 45 mile per hour gusts from
the morning commute tomorrow at 8:00
AM and then the dustiness of the
breeze dies down by tomorrow evening,
but will still have a pretty breezy
evening commute as well for Friday.
It's all because of this weather system,
same system that brought an
inch of rain this morning.
That soaking rain we had
for the morning commute,
it's going to continue to spin up
to the Northeast and you see the
wrap around precipitation behind
this weather system with colder
air is snow and we do have the
chance for a little bit of snow
in the forecast for tomorrow.
In the meantime,
we still have a couple of showers
moving through the region.
Again,
very fast-paced.
They're moving quickly with the wind and
that strong breeze we have right now.
So a couple hit or miss showers for
the rest of the evening through
about 1/2 o'clock can't be ruled
out then for tomorrow we'll be drier.
You have a chance for a couple of flurries
in the morning and still those gusty winds.
Wind gusts tomorrow morning could still reach
up to again 4045 mph and then temperatures
are going to slowly cool throughout
the day as that colder air sinks in.
Should be a much easier
evening commute for Friday.
A couple of snow showers a bit breezy.
Not expecting much in the way
of snow accumulations tomorrow.
Potentially a dusting upwards of
an inch but with the wind all
that is going to blow around.
Also the cooler temperatures continue
for the weekend but we get more
sunshine and that will be quite nice.
Chilly for Saturday.
Temperatures only reaching you're freezing
in the afternoon and then for Sunday.
Sunday could be one of the nicest days
we've seen all winter in Western New York.
Or at least since the beginning
of the New Year.
Temperatures will be in the lower 40s.
Beautiful day with that bright sunny sky.
Maybe it's a good thing the bills are
in the Super Bowl this year so we can
enjoy the nice weather on Sunday.
Now here we go on future look again.
Those hit or miss showers for
the next couple of hours.
Main story is the wind tonight.
Have the chance for a few flurries.
Tomorrow morning again,
hit or miss with that into
the afternoon and evening.
As we get more of a northwesterly breeze
to sink in, that cooler air sinks in.
That's when we'll have a better chance
for a few more snow showers Friday night.
But then all that begins to
clear Saturday morning.
Saturday morning we'll start out cloudy,
but then we'll get more
sunshine into the afternoon.
So here your seven day zone forecast for
Niagara and Orleans counties and Buffalo.
Again,
we have that chance for a couple of
showers throughout the day tomorrow.
No major accumulations expected starting off.
Cloudy for the weekend.
Get more sunshine Saturday afternoon,
Sunday is beautiful.
And then looking ahead to next week,
we have some nicer temperatures at that.
Then for the South towns and
the Southern Tier,
very similar forecasts all
the way through next week.
Next weather systems moving in in
the middle of the week and that's
your storm team two weather update.
Have a great night.