First Alert Weather: Rochester tied a record high Thursday; cooler temperatures are on the way

ROCHESTER, N.Y. We tied a record high of 76 degrees on Thursday at the Rochester airport! We have not been this warm on October 29th since 1896. However, that warmth will not be sticking around for long. A cold front is moving through the eastern Great Lakes Thursday evening and will bring a few scattered showers to Western New York after 7pm. It may be possible to pick up on a few thunderstorms especially south of Rochester. Winds will start to shift to out of the northwest behind this cold front and will likely remain breezy through Friday. As the cold front moves through this evening, scattered rain showers will move northwest to southeast across Western New York. Most areas will pick up no more than a tenth of an inch through Friday morning. Low temperatures Thursday night will stay in the upper-40s for Rochester and low to mid 40s in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier. Friday morning will start with temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s across much of the a