Wind advisory in effect until 6 p.m. today with gusts up to 50 miles per hour

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 12 December 2023 at 8:29 am

Photo by Tom Rivers: The reindeer outline and tree are decorated in lights on the Orleans County Courthouse lawn.

A wind advisory is in effect in Orleans County today until 6 p.m., the National Weather Service in Buffalo stated. The advisory also includes Niagara, Genesee and northern Erie counties.

There will be southwest winds from 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts up to 50 mph, the Weather Service said.

“The gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects,” the Weather Service said. “Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”

The high temperature today will reach 44. The highs in the following days are forecast to be 35 on Wednesday, 39 on Thursday, 47 on Friday and 44 on Saturday.