For the sake of expediency, this forecast will cover both the Fort Erie-St. Catharines “Niagara Region” and the Twin Tiers region.

Friday

Friday's weather factors - 9/18

Friday's weather factors - 9/18

The back end of a  relatively weak cold front is creeping its way southward from Canada this afternoon. Since most of the precipitation with this particular front is on the eastward (front-end) side, it won’t affect our weather much other than some clouds.

Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers from Allegany County eastward. High temperatures will be in the upper 60s in the Twin Tiers, about 21 for the Niagara Region and about 70 in Buffalo.

Friday night will see skies begin to clear and will be a few degrees cooler than anything we’ve seen in a while. Those of you in the Niagara region will see low temperatures drop to about 7 C (in Buffalo, mid-40s F). The Twin Tiers will be significantly cooler, dropping into the upper 30s in some places. It will creep awfully close to potential frost temperatures, but I don’t think we’ll get quite to that point.

Saturday

A “Chamber of Commerce” weekend is in store for this weekend, as comfortable (albeit cool considering what we’re used to) air and sunny skies will dominate our weather. Sunny skies, with highs in the mid-60s in the Twin Tiers and in Buffalo, 18 C in the Niagara region.

Sunday

Sunday proves to be even better as the high pressure moves to our east and establishes some southerly flow, bumping temperatures upward. Sunny skies will persist throughout the whole area. A big bump in temperatures can be expected, into the low-to-mid-70s  for the Twin Tiers and Buffalo, and 23 in the Niagara region.

All in all, a beautiful weekend. Go out and enjoy it because Monday, things won’t be so nice.

~Jerry