Another day with numerous rain showers, breezy winds

finger lakes weather forecast thursday may 22 2025 a wet road across the bottom right corner of the image flanked by a field of tall green grass with distant trees all beneath a solid grey, rainy sky. — Most of Thursday and Friday will be wet before showers start to decrease on Saturday and become isolated Sunday and Monday. [Photo by Meteorologist Drew Montreuil, Dryden]

Unsettled Weather

An area of low pressure has stalled out just west of Buffalo and will continue to impact our weather for the next few days.

Gradually, this low will seep atmospheric energy to a new low developing along the New England coast and will be absorbed by the second low over the weekend.

This pattern will keep the area unsettled with waves of showers and batches of steadier rain.

Showers will be numerous today and tomorrow, though there will be some occasional breaks where it is drizzly or even dry from the sky.

Timing these subtle changes in the atmosphere that will result in more widespread rain and drier breaks is something the models are not very good at. As a whole, the next two days especially will be more rainy than not.

Winds will be from the southeast today with speeds around 15 mph and higher across some higher elevations. Top gusts will be on the order of 25-35 mph, again with the strongest coming over higher terrain.

Friday’s winds will be from the west-southwest and will be strongest near and west of Canandaigua, where gusts to 35 mph will be possible.

Temperatures will be chilly with highs struggling into the low and locally mid 50s. That will be the case both today and tomorrow. Overnight lows will be in the mid 40s both tonight and Friday night.

finger lakes weather 7-day forecast thu may 22 | thur, numerous showers low 50 | fri, numerous showers low 50 | sat, scattered showers mid 50 | sun, a few showers, mainly am low 60 | mon, a few showers, mainly am mid 60 | tues, sun, clouds, a stray shower upper 60 | wed, scattered showers mid 60 — This graphic represents an average over the entire Finger Lakes region. Localized variations should be expected. Click to enlarge.

Memorial Day Weekend Weather

Compared to today and tomorrow, Saturday should have less widespread rain. However, compared to the other two days of the long weekend, Saturday will likely be the rainiest.

The showers on Saturday should be more hit or miss, especially during the morning hours. There is a chance for a final batch of more widespread shower activity later in the day, but that will depend on how the absorption of the first low by the second is evolving.

With a bit less in the way of rain on Saturday, temperatures should be able to nose a few degrees higher with more mid 50s and fewer low 50s.

Saturday’s winds will be from the northwest with speeds near or just over 10 mph. Top gusts should stay around 25 mph.

Sunday and Monday are looking similar, with only some stray showers, mainly during the morning and midday hours. Both afternoons should have some sun with low chances for rain.

Winds will remain out of the northwest on Sunday with speeds holding around 10 mph. Monday’s winds will be a bit more northerly, but lighter, with speeds just over 5 mph.

Temperatures should make it back into the low 60s on Sunday, with mid and even upper 60s on Monday.

Nighttime temperatures will remain steady in the mid 40s throughout the long weekend with just a few pockets of low 40s here or there.

A stray shower cannot be ruled out on Tuesday, but for the most part it will be a dry day. Highs should reach the upper 60s.

Some rain may be possible for Wednesday and Thursday next week as the next weather system passes through. Temperatures will hold in the 60s for most of the week and may push 70 by the weekend.

The first week of June is looking warm with some pop up showers and storms possible, but highly uncertain this far in advance.

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This graphic represents an average over the entire Finger Lakes region. Localized variations should be expected.

Rainy Day Pictures Needed!

Each day, I try my hardest to find a picture for the blog that will closely match what I expect the weather to look like that day. This includes matching the plant life to the current season as best as I can.

You won’t find fields of tall corn in my blog post pictures in May, fully leafy trees in early April, or fall color in December!

While I have a large library of pictures from years of users sending me photos, with this current rainy pattern, I am running out of rainy day pictures appropriate for this time of the year!

If you are out and about today and see a scenic, yet rainy shot, please considering snapping a picture and sending it to me through the easy uploader at flxweather.com/photos!

Thank you for your help in keeping the blog posts accurate, even down to the photos I use!