The hottest, most intense part of the summer waited for early September, but will soon ease up on the Finger Lakes.

An uncharacteristic late summer heat wave and dry spell will only intensify over the Finger Lakes in the coming days.

A large area of high pressure along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains is bringing summer like heat and humidity to the eastern two-thirds of the United States.

Friday morning is starting off chilly across the Finger Lakes, with temperatures in the 40s and 50s.

Thursday’s weather will not be a washout, but it will be a cool day with some occasional light rain showers.

A new Tropical Storm- the fifth of the year- formed over the central Atlantic Ocean overnight. Named Erika, this system will need to be watched closely.

A cold front will sweep through the Finger Lakes on Monday- but it could be so much worse.

A cold front moved through the Finger Lakes on  Thursday with some areas of heavy rain. Behind the front, much more comfortable air is settling in.

The good news is that the high heat and humidity is about to end. However, this airmass will not move out without causing a host of other troubles as it departs.

A weak, slow moving disturbance is over the Finger Lakes this morning and will only slowly drift towards the east.

The weather today will vary greatly from location to location as a disturbance tracks north-northeast out of Pennsylvania towards western New York.

While not the most extreme heat of the year, this stretch of summer will be the most persistent so far in 2015.

A weak disturbance will drop southeast into the Finger Lakes from the Upper Great Lakes late this afternoon and remain stalled out over the region into Saturday.

A slow moving area of steady rain moved across the Finger Lakes last night.

Not only has the weather been very enjoyable over the last few weeks, but the dryness has allowed the soil to recover from the extremely wet June and early July we experienced.

The Finger Lakes will enjoy some quiet, comfortable weather to end the work week thanks to high pressure over the Great Lakes.