WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. March 13,2010: Con Edison reports Westchester County, has over 51,000 customers who have lost power due to the high winds and driving rain storm that has been scouring the county for over 15 hours.

The amount of customers exceeds the 35,000 outages experienced by the county in the snowstorm of February 27 by 15,000 and the number is growing. Yonkers, Greenburgh, White Plains, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, and Mount Pleasant are very hard hit.

In White Plains, Peter Katz reports that vast banks of homes down Mamaroneck Avenue south of the downtown appear to have lost power. He also reports that the area of Parkview Court and Church Street are without power at this time. Con Edison reports 4,390 White Plains customers are experiencing power failure as of 9 P.M. and they hope to restore power to those White Plainsians by 11 P.M. tonight.

Katz tells WPCNR that Westchester County Airport is closed because of a power outage, and the airport reports winds of 25 knots, gusting to 45 knots, and it is raining in White Plains.

Katz said Con Edison crews appeared be assembling on Mamaroneck Avenue as of 9 P.M. to deal with the darkout.

Elsewhere around the county, outages have grown since nightfall. Con Edison Storm Center reports Yonkers has 8,069 without power; Rye City, 2,308; Port Chester, 172; Peekskill, 144; North Tarrytown, 312; North Castle, 1,692; New Rochelle, 6,484; Mount Vernon, 2,775; Mt. Pleasant, 2,591; Mamaroneck, 696; Larchmont, 1,048; Irvington, 1,194; Hastings, 280; Greenburgh, 6,830; Elmsford, 527; Eastchester,1,659;Dobbs Ferry, 245; Briarcliff, 504; Bronxville, 1,216; and Ardsley, 578.

To find out Con Edison's estimated time when they will have power restored go to the online Con Edison Storm Center at http://apps.coned.com/weboutageinfo/stormcenter/default.aspx