ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The First Alert Weather Team has issued a Yellow Alert ahead of expected damaging wind gusts and lake effect thunderstorms later today. Winds will build ahead of a strong cold front, with gusts up to 45 MPH out of the west this afternoon, then once the front passes this evening the wind will come out of the northwest and strengthen, with gusts up to 50 MPH.
Going into the night, lake effect thunderstorms off of Lake Ontario are possible, similar to Monday night. These will bring locally heavy downpours,…..