Our cold front has now officially dropped south of New York, meaning winds have firmly turned northerly as cooler and drier air settles in. We’ll continue to watch the clearing line punch southward into the night, which will help our temperatures to drop quickly. Tonight isn’t overly cold, we’re thinking middle and upper 40s for most.

Our Friday starts an extended stretch of sunny weather. Temperatures into the afternoon won’t get out of the upper 50s with a breeze. Things will start getting more interesting Friday night. Temperatures could spill into the upper 30s, perhaps cold enough for patchy frost. It’s entirely possible frost is a player Saturday night and Sunday night as high pressure supports colder nights.

FROSTY WEEKEND? Models continue to trend toward a colder solution that could bring the first frost of the season to parts of WNY. Both Saturday & Sunday morning look like fair game away from the lake. Valleys especially could even get close to freezing in a few spots. pic.twitter.com/GGfV6gxps8 — Eric Snitil (@EricSnitilWx) September 17, 2020

There does appear to be a warming trend that will try to build next week, so this isn’t an “all clear” from hints of leftover late Summer. Just another sign that those days are waning as October approaches.

~Chief Meteorologist Eric Snitil