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High Wind Warnings and Wind Advisories

Forecast Peak Wind Gusts Today/This Evening

Timing of the Peak Wind Gusts Today/This Evening

Gale Warnings Today/This Evening

Weekend/Early Next Week Forecast

Initial strong southeasterly downslope winds along the Lake Erie shoreline and off the Tug Hill Plateau this morning will give way to more widespread strong to damaging southwesterly winds this afternoon and evening.

Southeast downslope winds (in dotted pink oval) through this morning will reach 55 mph. South to southwest wind gusts today will increase to 50 mph, with damaging gusts to around 60 mph along Lake Erie, the Niagara Frontier and to Monroe County.

Expect southeast downslope winds to 55 mph through mid-morning off the Chautauqua Ridge and Tug Hill Plateau. The peak southwest wind gusts for Western New York are expected between 3 pm and 7 pm, while the peak southwest wind gusts east of Lake Ontario are expected between 5 pm and 9 pm.

Gale Warnings are in effect for Lakes Erie and Ontario from 1 pm this afternoon through 10 pm this evening. Expect southwest winds to 40 knots, along with waves of 10 to 14 feet on Lake Erie and 14 to 18 feet on Lake Ontario.

It will remain mild on Saturday with rain redeveloping from south to north in the afternoon and evening. Seasonably colder weather, with gusty winds/a few snow showers and some accumulating lake effect snow east of the lakes will return Sunday. Mainly dry weather is then expected for Monday and Tuesday.