For the last week or so, we have had some really strong southerly winds bringing warm temperatures to western New York.

The combination of little or no rain, extremely low humidity, strong winds and warm temperatures have made conditions ripe for a bad fire season.

Getting more sunshine in the daytime is slowly bringing the temperatures up.

With the 15-foot waves, we did get some beach erosion and high water spray on Route 5.

We'll have one more really warm day, then a much stronger cold front for the weekend.

We didn't have classic conditions. The lake rose about 4 feet [at Buffalo Harbor] with the initial surge around 6 a.m.