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Wintry weather to start the week, near summer-like by the end

Lake Ontario off Charlotte.
WXXI file
Lake Ontario off Charlotte.

The week will start more wintry than fall-like weather, but it will end with temperatures closer to late summer.

On Monday, blustery conditions are in the forecast. News 8 Meteorologist Josh Nichols says the Rochester area will see some limited areas of lake effect snow with a coating to less than an inch of snow in many spots with 1 to 3 inches of snow in the higher elevations of Wyoming County.

There is a wind advisory in effect for Monroe, Orleans, Wayne counties and most of western New York from 4:00 p.m. Monday to 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, with wind gusts of 45 mph possible Monday afternoon. The high temperature on Monday will be 39.

Look for a few more flurries Monday night, still windy, with a low of 35;  Tuesday will see sunny skies by the afternoon as the wind subsides and a high of 43.

Then, it gets milder, with sun and a high of 65 on Wednesday and a similar story for Thursday.

Before retiring in March 2025, Randy Gorbman was WXXI's director of news and public affairs and managed the day-to-day operations of WXXI News on radio, television, and online.