Enjoy the overcast calm while it lasts. Temperatures across the region are sitting in the mid-to-upper 60s this evening, but conditions will change significantly after midnight. A low-pressure system currently over the lower Mississippi Valley is tracking north toward the Great Lakes, pushing warm, moisture-laden air ahead of it. Showers will begin pushing into the Southern Tier late tonight — likely between midnight and 3 AM — with steady rain reaching the full Finger Lakes region by Saturday morning.
Saturday looks genuinely wet. Forecasters in Buffalo are flagging anomalously high moisture levels, with widespread moderate rain expected through the afternoon and into Saturday evening. Lows tonight will drop into the upper 30s, so no frost concerns — just rain gear.
No NWS alerts are active at this hour, but streams are already running at moderate levels; the Seneca River near Seneca Falls is above 1,800 cfs heading into this event. Worth watching.
Weather Center forecast for the Finger Lakes region. Sourced from NWS, Open-Meteo, NWS Area Forecast Discussion, and USGS stream-flow data. Updated 6 AM, noon, and 6 PM ET.