The afternoon is shaping up to be the warm one the forecast promised — mid-80s to upper 80s across the region, with Ithaca, Canandaigua, and Watkins Glen all sitting at 82° already at midday and still climbing. No alerts are in effect.
What to watch this afternoon: the NWS Buffalo office flags a chance of scattered showers and storms across the western Southern Tier later today, driven by a Lake Erie breeze boundary pushing east through the afternoon. That activity is expected to fade by evening. The rest of the region stays dry tonight.
Humidity will keep creeping upward through tomorrow — heat index values in the upper 80s to low 90s are likely regionwide, with spots near the western Finger Lakes possibly nudging the mid-90s. Thursday morning holds dry, but showers and thunderstorms return Thursday afternoon and continue into Friday as the next system moves through.
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.