My attention keeps drifting past this lovely Saturday evening toward what’s coming Monday — because the contrast between tonight’s comfortable 59° low and Tuesday’s projected 95° high in Geneva is about as stark as a late-June setup gets around here.
For now, though, enjoy it. Skies are mostly clear across the region this evening, and conditions will stay that way overnight. High pressure centered just north of the Great Lakes is setting up ideal radiational cooling, with lows dropping into the mid to upper 50s by early Sunday morning. The NWS Buffalo office is flagging some patchy fog forming overnight, particularly in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes valleys — so drivers out late on Route 14 heading back from Watkins Glen should keep that in mind after midnight.
No frost risk tonight. No alerts in effect.
Sunday looks outstanding for the final day of the IMSA Six Hours of The Glen — partly cloudy skies, a high near 82°, and humidity staying comfortable. Race traffic on Routes 14 and 414 should have no weather complications whatsoever.
Then the pattern flips hard. A strengthening ridge builds over the eastern U.S. beginning Monday, pushing highs to 92° by Tuesday and 95° Wednesday and Thursday, with overnight lows staying in the mid-to-upper 70s. Heat and humidity will both be in dangerous territory by midweek.
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.