First Alert Weather: Yellow Alert continues into Wednesday

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A Yellow Alert remains up into Wednesday morning as a steady moderate to heavy rain continues over parts of our area.

The heaviest rains will likely continue to focus over eastern Monroe, Wayne and Ontario Counties through Wednesday morning. Rainfall amounts have exceeded an inch in some parts of the Finger Lakes and Wayne County, with another half inch to an inch of additional rain possible by morning.

A saturated ground may lead to some flooding of creeks, streams, low lying areas and basement flooding. If you come across a flooded roadway, do not try to drive through it. Find a way around it. Stay with News10NBC and the First Alert Weather team on air and online for the most up to date information.

The steadiest rain will end early Wednesday morning, and we’ll see improvement as far as a drying trend is concerned. We’ll keep the clouds around through the day, but we should dry out. Once the low moves east, we’ll see a drying trend, but also a cooling trend, as temperatures fall back into the 50s for Thursday and Friday. The low will be close enough on Friday to keep some rain around in the Finger Lakes, but at this point, the Rochester area should be mainly dry for the opening day of the Lilac Festival.

Mother’s Day weekend is looking good, with dry weather, milder air and sunshine both Saturday and Sunday. Highs in the 60s over the weekend will begin to climb through the 70s with plenty of dry time next week.