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Wildfire Smoke and Severe Thunderstorms in the East; Monsoon Thunderstorms in the Southwest

Wildfire smoke continues to impact air quality from the Great Lakes region into New England and the Mid-Atlantic today with widespread Air Quality Alerts in effect. Severe thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, this afternoon into the evening. Monsoonal thunderstorms may bring areas of flooding to the Southwest. Read More >

 

An area of low pressure will move across Ontario Saturday bringing showers and thunderstorms to the area. There is an Enhanced Risk (3 out of 5) of severe thunderstorms for western and north-central NY from late this morning through this evening. The primary threats is damaging winds and heavy rain, but a tornado or two is possible as well. Severe thunderstorms are most likely between 1PM-8PM.
Gusty winds (outside of thunderstorms) are expected across the region today. Highest wind gusts this afternoon will be northeast of Lake Erie, where gusts up to 40 mph are possible.