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Rochester, NY 14602 Weather
Current conditions
Observed at Rochester, Greater Rochester International Airport · 31 min ago
Forecast
10-day-
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northeast wind 8 to 12 mph.
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Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Northeast wind around 12 mph.
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Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southeast wind 2 to 10 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now52°
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- Fri12 AM50°
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- 10 AM48°
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- 7 PM48°
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- 9 PM43°
10-day forecast
Details- TonightOct 22Partly Cloudy43°
- FriOct 23Mostly Sunny36°55°
- SatOct 24Sunny41°60°
- SunOct 25Sunny48°65°
- MonOct 26Partly Sunny43°64°
- TueOct 27Mostly Sunny38°52°
- WedOct 28Partly Sunny45°58°
- ThuOct 29Partly Sunny14%64°
- FriOct 30Cloudy48°60°
- SatOct 31Sunny41°54°
Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.
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Air quality
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
- ThuGood (32)
- FriGood (26)
Eastern Lake Ontario Region, NY reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Almanac
MonthlyRochester Area, records since 1872. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- Irondequoit 12 km
- Henrietta 26 km
- Brighton 19 km
- Gates-North Gates 13 km
- Batavia 52 km
- Greece 9 km
- West Henrietta 27 km
- Canandaigua 56 km
- North Gates 12 km
- Newark 55 km
- Brockport 22 km
- Geneseo 56 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in BUF, issued 4 hrs ago
What Has Changed
No major changes with this forecast update.
Key Messages
1) Dry and tranquil weather will continue through this weekend.
Discussion
KEY MESSAGE 1...Dry and tranquil weather will continue through this weekend.
High pressure will continue to dominate the weather across our region through the weekend. A moisture-starved cold front will continue to move south and away from the area this evening. Behind the front, an incoming cooler air mass will bring some increase in lake-induced instability, with low level north to northeast flow producing a brief period of lake effect and upslope clouds tonight. These clouds will already have scattered out before daybreak Friday.
High pressure at the surface and aloft will continue to build to the east and settle over the Northeast Friday and this weekend. Dry weather and clear to partly cloudy sky are expected as stabilizing subsidence accompanies the ridge. Daily highs should moderate from mainly the 50s to 60F Friday to the mid 50s to upper 60s on Sunday as a more southerly flow develops on the western side of the ridge.
The environment should remain favorable for localized and shallow fog in the Black River Valley, Western Southern Tier river valleys, and the lake valleys of the Finger Lakes Region between about midnight and 9 AM EDT Saturday through Sunday.
Aviation
A moisture starved cold front will continue to move south and away from the area this evening. A somewhat cooler airmass will support a brief window of weak lake induced instability, with north to northeast low level flow bringing a period of lake effect and upslope clouds tonight. Most areas will stay VFR, with any MVFR CIGS limited to the higher terrain of the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes. The clouds will scatter out before daybreak Friday, leaving VFR to prevail for the rest of the day.
Outlook...
Saturday through Tuesday...Dry weather and mainly VFR are expected. However, localized steam fog with MVFR to LIFR should impact the Black River Valley, Western Southern Tier river valleys, and lake valleys of the Finger Lakes Region each late night and morning.
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