Sunday Storm: Outages Linger, Roller Coaster Cold Coming

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Most of the 30,000 customers left without power as severe thunderstorms downed tree limbs and wires across the Hudson Valley have had electricity restored, the utility companies report.

Given the cold front coming in, that's good — and it's good that the chance of snow showers is low.

At 11:10 a.m. Monday, CenHud reported just 2,605 customers still without power, down from 15,000 Sunday night. Most are in Dutchess and Ulster counties.

NYSEG reported 13,891 customers still without power, but most of them are upstate in Erie County. In the Hudson Valley, there are 332 out in Dutchess; 213 out in Putnam; 28 out in Ulster and 1,362 out in Northern Westchester (most in Bedford and Lewisboro).

O&R reported just 12 customers out of power in Orange County and nine in Rockland.

Con Ed reported 1,936 customers out of power in Westchester County, about two-thirds of its outages Monday.

To give you the big picture, this is what was going on Sunday evening.

What's next? It's going to get very chilly mid-week.

Here's what's in the forecast from the National Weather Service:

• Monday-Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
• Monday night-Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
• Tuesday-Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain showers. A slight chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
• Tuesday Night-Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
• Wednesday-Sunny, cold with highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
• Wednesday Night-Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
• Thursday-Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
• Thursday Night-Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
• Friday-Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
• Friday Night-Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.