Overview
- The National Weather Service has a wind advisory in effect from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. for Oneida, Yates, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Steuben, Schuyler and Madison counties, with gusts up to 45–50 mph.
- WHEC now forecasts localized damaging gusts of 55–65 mph in metro Rochester, the Westside, Orleans, Genesee and Wyoming counties after 3–4 p.m., lasting about one to two hours before easing this evening.
- Elsewhere in the region, parts of Wayne, Livingston, Ontario and Yates counties could see gusts near 50 mph with lower but still notable impacts.
- As of 8 a.m., about 2,000 National Grid customers, mostly in Syracuse, had lost power, with additional isolated outages possible as winds peak.
- Forecasters expect a quick-hitting downpour with the frontal passage, difficult driving for high-profile vehicles, unsecured objects being blown around, and a sharp temperature fall into the 30s by evening.