The short term forecast for the Eastern Lake Ontario region. Showers and thunderstorms will move from Lake Ontario into Jefferson and Oswego counties. Between 10 and 11 am some will move over the Cape Vincent, Depauville, Clayton, Sackets Harbor, Southwick beach, Mannsville, and Sandy Creek areas. Frequent lightning and heavy rain are likely, along with strong gusts winds.
Forecast for Jefferson
Updated: 4:09 am EDT on July 11, 2009
Today
Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms...mainly this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming southwest. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy overnight. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the evening. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s... with upper 60s across higher terrain. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Partly cloudy. Lows ranging from the mid 50s near Lake Ontario to the mid 40s across the Tug Hill. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph diminishing to 10 mph or less.
Monday
Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
... A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect until 1115 am EDT for southwestern Jefferson and northeastern Oswego counties...
At 1039 am EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar continued to indicate a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing penny size hail... and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. These storms were located along a line extending from 7 miles west of Brownville to Sandy Creek... moving east at 25 mph.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Sandy Creek by 1045 am EDT... Mannsville by 1050 am EDT... Brownville by 1055 am EDT... Adams Center by 1100 am EDT... Lorraine by 1105 am EDT... Watertown by 1110 am EDT... Calcium by 1115 am EDT...