First Alert Weather: Yellow Alert is over as storms move away

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Our Yellow Alert is over, but not before the damage was done. Literally. We had dozens of reports of thunderstorm wind damage and hail, most of which were south of Rochester and in the Finger Lakes. The Thruway corridor near Clifton Springs seemed to report the most damage across our area. Our cold front pushes through Tuesday night, which will usher in a much cooler airmass for Wednesday.

Before the storms rolled in, we felt summer-like warmth. Temperatures reached into the lower to mid 80s, which is the first time we’ve felt temperatures in the 80s in 175 days! We’ll quiet things down quickly Tuesday night following the passage of the cold front. Our sky will clear and we’ll feel temperatures dropping back into the lower 40s. This will lead to a nice, but cooler day on Wednesday, with highs back in the lower 50s with a fair amount of sunshine.

Thursday will warm back to near 70, but we’ll see some showers developing late in the day. Our weather will remain a little unsettled into parts of Friday and early Saturday, before drying out for the second half of the weekend.