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High winds, rain in store for North Country today

Posted 11/19/15

There is a hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service for high winds in the North Country today and tonight, expected to gust as high as 40 mph today and to 25 mph tonight. Light …

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High winds, rain in store for North Country today

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There is a hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service for high winds in the North Country today and tonight, expected to gust as high as 40 mph today and to 25 mph tonight.

Light rain is moving across northern New York. Temperatures will remain in the 60s today dropping to the upper 30s tonight, the NWS says, with the chance of precipitation put at 90 percent today and tonight.

Friday is expected to be sunny day in the St. Lawrence Valley with highs in the 40s, and clear skies are expected Friday night with lows around the freezing mark.

Highs in the 40s and partly sunny skies are expected Saturday but there is a 50 percent chance of showers developing overnight, with lows in the low to mid 30s.

The NWS forecast for the St. Lawrence Valley and the northwestern Adirondacks:

• Today: Showers. High near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

• Tonight: Showers, mainly before 11pm. Low around 39. Southwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Southwest wind 8 to 14 mph.

• Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight.

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

• Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

• Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. West wind 11 to 16 mph.

• Sunday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

• Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind 8 to 10 mph.

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. West wind around 8 mph.

• Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Light west wind.