Old Man Winter, after tormenting the region with snow and cold over the weekend, is starting off the new week with two more of his favorites – freezing rain and gale force winds.
The National Weather Service issued a freezing rain advisory for the Southtowns, the Southern Tier and the Finger Lakes from midnight to 8 a.m. today, warning of dangerous highways brought on by as much as a tenth of an inch of freezing rain, primarily before dawn.
As temperatures rise into the 40s today and the freezing rain turns into just plain rain, a wind advisory goes into effect from 1 p.m. through 5 a.m. Tuesday for Chautauqua County and all the rest of Western New York except for the interior Southern Tier. Sustained winds of 25 mph to 35 mph are expected, with gusts up to 55 mph. Falling tree limbs and scattered power outages are likely.
The rain is expected to mix with snow late this afternoon and turn back into wind-driven snow showers tonight, making highways slippery again. One to 3 inches of accumulation is forecast before the wind and snow subside later Tuesday.
After that, the region will get a break. We can expect a cold and calmer night in the low to mid 20s and a bright, pleasant Wednesday, with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid to upper 30s.
The National Weather Service issued a freezing rain advisory for the Southtowns, the Southern Tier and the Finger Lakes from midnight to 8 a.m. today, warning of dangerous highways brought on by as much as a tenth of an inch of freezing rain, primarily before dawn.
As temperatures rise into the 40s today and the freezing rain turns into just plain rain, a wind advisory goes into effect from 1 p.m. through 5 a.m. Tuesday for Chautauqua County and all the rest of Western New York except for the interior Southern Tier. Sustained winds of 25 mph to 35 mph are expected, with gusts up to 55 mph. Falling tree limbs and scattered power outages are likely.
The rain is expected to mix with snow late this afternoon and turn back into wind-driven snow showers tonight, making highways slippery again. One to 3 inches of accumulation is forecast before the wind and snow subside later Tuesday.
After that, the region will get a break. We can expect a cold and calmer night in the low to mid 20s and a bright, pleasant Wednesday, with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid to upper 30s.