WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. July 20, 2006, UPDATED 11:21 A.M. E.D.T.: Con Edison crews and City of White Plains DPW crews have restored approximately 3,000 homes/customers to power overnight as of 8 A.M. Thursday morning, according to Con Edison spokesperson, Chris Olert, speaking to WPCNR at 9:30 today. Olert told WPCNR  "As of 8 AM we had in White Plains, 3,800 customers still out. We had restored from Tuesday night's storm, 3600. This is exclusively White Plains. I can give you intersections, one of the areas hardest hit was Byron and Sterling, Route 22, Greenridge Avenue and Bryant Avenue, Lambert and Clifton Lanes area."

Asked how many Con Ed crews were working White Plains  city limits exclusively in proportion to White Plains DPW "tree-busters",  Olert said he would attempt to get those crew numbers for WPCNR. WCBS Radio reported within the last hour that Con Edison has 1,000 personnel working on the 17,000 customers left without power in Westchester County (including 3,800 in White Plains.)

David Maloney, a spokesperson for Mayor Delfino reported to WPCNR seeing at least 20 Con Edision and Lower Hudson Power and Electric trucks are working in White Plains as of this hour on Mr. Maloney's tour of portions of the Gedneys, North Street and affected areas in the South end.

As of 10:30  A.M. Con Ed crews were observed working at Club Pointe Drive off North Street. Traffic signals now appear to be functioning normally on North Street above Ridgeway but traffic is backing up to Ridgeway.

Meanwhile a vast section of rain looms south of Long Island representing the leading edge of Tropical Storm Beryl. Weather forecasts conflict as to whether the copious amounts of rain associated with this tropical system will fall on the county, adding to the misery. In an updated weather forecast just received at City Hall, the Beryl system is expected NOT to affect the Westchester County area.

However, a cold front approaching from the West is expected to deliver showers and rains approaching 2 to 4 inches beginning Saturday, giving Con Edison and City DPW crews about 48 hours to complete their repairs in White Plains before repair conditions deteriorate.