Yellow Alert Weather: Possibly damaging winds on Monday afternoon and night

ROCHESTER, N.Y. —There’s a Yellow Alert for possibly damaging wind gusts on Monday afternoon into the night.

Gusts of 50 to 60 mph from the west and southwest will arrive in the mid to late afternoon. Another round of potentially stronger winds over 60 mph will arrive in the evening as an arctic front crosses the region.

The greatest threat for tree damage and power loss will be areas near and west of Rochester. This will be a developing event in the afternoon and needs to be watched closely as any power loss will be problematic as very cold weather moves in Monday night into Tuesday.

When the arctic front moves through we may see some locally heavy squalls overnight with an inch or two of snow likely. Temperatures will drop into the teens by Tuesday morning. Most of Tuesday will be dry and cold. There will be some gusty winds on Tuesday but not nearly as strong as the winds in Monday’s forecast.

Some snow is likely to move in on Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning with a couple of inches possible. Stay tuned to News10NBC for the latest updates on the high wind threat.