The high wind warning for our area has been cancelled. Winds will continue to decrease today, but we could still find some wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph.
The flood watch remains in effect until noon for areas west of Rochester.
For today, 13WHAM meteorologists say the remnants of Hurricane Sandy will still have some impacts on Western and Central New York.
Scattered to occasional rain showers will continue through the day, no widespread areas of flooding are anticipated through Tuesday afternoon.
The high winds that moved through the region overnight will gradually diminish throughout the day. Highest wind gust recorded at the airport was 55 mph, a 60 mph gust was reported at the coast guard station.
Wind gusts near Lake Ontario may exceed 45 mph early this morning. Wave heights along the south shore of Lake Ontario area expected to subside to 7-10 feet later this morning, so the threat for lakeshore flooding will subside.
