First Alert Weather: Saturday will bring a mix of clouds, sun and brief showers

A cold front moved through Western New York Friday night, bringing a cool northwest wind in its wake. This flow will produce scattered showers and clouds and temperatures in the low 50s throughout the day.

Clouds and rain at Lake Ontario will move in around lunchtime and continue into the afternoon hours. Expect scattered, variable showers with sunshine in between. This won’t dampen your weekend plans too much, but if you’re out and about during the day, make sure you grab your raincoat on the way out the door.

Cold air moving in to replace the previous warm air mass could produce some gusty winds. Winds from the northwest will generally be between 25 and 30 km per hour, but could gust near 40 km per hour as stronger winds come to the surface. The lake effect showers will dissipate after 6pm, providing clear but still breezy conditions for any evening activities. Clearing that moisture and cloud cover will cause overnight temperatures to drop into the low 30s for the Rochester area and into the upper 20s for higher elevations.

There will still be cool air and breezes on Sunday with high temperatures in the low 50s and wind gusts up to 25 mph late morning into the afternoon. Lake effect showers are possible again Sunday afternoon as colder air reaches the warmer Great Lakes. However, accumulation will be sparse, less than a tenth of an inch.

The weather will begin to turn for the better on Monday as dry air replaces our cool, unstable air mass. Temperatures are expected to remain in the 50s on Monday, but Tuesday will bring 60 degrees and eventually very warm air in the mid 70s on Wednesday.

Currently, warm air is holding out for Halloween, with highs in the low 70s. However, we are tracking a cold front that could disrupt Halloween trick-or-treaters on Thursday evening.

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