cny weather

A cold front will cross Utica and Rome this afternoon and evening, sparking dangerous storm activity with damaging winds and large hail.

Scattered rain showers linger today with blustery winds into the afternoon and evening. Rain gradually changes to snow with some light accumulations overnight. Most of Saturday will be dry before a few rain showers move in during the evening.

Snow totals have been dropped from 8-10 inches to 2-5 inches in Central New York.

The NWS has issued a high-wind watch after a beautiful record-breaking day across Central New York. Expect stormy conditions with strong gusty winds and a few isolated and severe thunderstorms, especially northeast of NYS Thruway.

We need to make it through one more cold and blustery weekend before the warming trend begins on Monday, bringing us much warmer weather by midweek. We could see temperatures in the mid- 50's to low 60's.

In New York State, it's against the law to leave your pets unprotected in life-threatening weather conditions such as dangerously low wind chills and frigid temperatures.

A dangerously cold and blustery Arctic air mass will remain over central New York throughout the weekend, bringing the coldest temperatures and wind chills this season.

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Northern Oneida County. Lake effect snow is expected to develop tonight and continue through Friday. Generally, 2-4 inches of snow is expected through Friday.

A warm front will cause some showers and a chance of thunderstorms to develop tonight. Tomorrow we could see a few tornadoes with 70 MPH winds in Central New York.

A cold front moving through central New York tomorrow, 8/25/20, could bring severe thunderstorms and damaging winds late morning through mid-afternoon.

The National Weather Service (NWS) says a storm moving through the Great Lakes will bring heavy rain into CNY Thursday and Thursday night.

The Old Farmer's Almanac says Summer will be a sizzler in CNY.