Hurricane Joaquin has strengthened to a dangerous Category 3 major hurricane and will likely reach category 4 status over the next couple of days.
Heavy rain Tuesday night will taper to showers as Wednesday morning transitions into the afternoon.
Rain continues to develop across the Finger Lakes region of New York, along with all of New England, The Mid Atlantic and Ohio Valley.
An evolving situation over our region has raised concern for flooding, despite months of dry weather, as some extreme rain will be possible through Wednesday.
Our extended stretch of dry, very warm weather had to end eventually. Now, as the calendar flips from September to October, the weather is finally getting back to normal.