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Showers move through on Thursday morning but temperatures will be mild. Most will start off in the 50s. Temperatures climb into the mid 60s by the afternoon as showers turn to rain as kids are heading out to Trick- or-Treat. Rain will be heavy at times and wind will pick up. Gusts could be near 40 mph by the evening. Please be ready for a soggy Halloween made worse by the wind. From there it will likely get worse. In fact, the really nasty weather arrives overnight as a sharp cold front starts to move through. More downpours are expected overnight and you may even hear a little thunder. The early morning hours of Friday is when wind will peak with gusts up to 55 mph for most are likely and even stronger in northern New York where a high wind watch is in effect from Thursday night through Friday afternoon. The rest of the area is under a wind advisory for most of Friday. With drenched soil and wind gusts that could knock down branches, trees and power lines expect some power outages on Friday morning and be ready for pooling water on roads for the morning drive. Rain turns to showers again during the morning drive as the cold front exits. ?A few lingering mountain snow showers are possible for the afternoon but we'll start to dry up and some sun will come out. Temperatures however will drop and it won't be much warmer than the upper 40s and it will still be very gusty through the entire day. ?Drier over the weekend an throug afternoon. The rest of the area is under a wind advisory for most of Friday. With drenched soil and wind gusts that could knock down branches, trees and power lines expect some power outages on Friday morning and be ready for pooling water on roads for the morning drive. Rain turns to showers again during the morning drive as the cold front exits. ?A few lingering mountain snow showers are possible for the afternoon but we'll start to dry up and some sun will come out. some power outages on Friday morning and be ready for pooling water on roads for the morning drive. Rain turns to showers again during the morning drive as the cold front exits. ?A few lingering mountain snow showers are possible for the afternoon but we'll start to dry up and some sun will come out. Temperatures however will drop and it won't be much warmer than the upper 40s and it will still be very gusty through the entire day. ?Drier over the showers again during the morning drive as the cold front exits. ?A few lingering mountain snow showers are possible for the afternoon but we'll start to dry up and some sun will come out. Temperatures however will drop and it won't be much warmer than the upper 40s and it will still be very gust ?Drier over the weekend and through the start of next work week, but chilly with highs in the 4

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