Forecast Details for Alfred, NY

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Current Alerts for Alfred, NY: Wind Advisory Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: A chance of snow showers. Patchy blowing snow. Cloudy, with a low around 23. Breezy, with a west wind around 29 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy blowing snow. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Breezy, with a west wind 22 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 22. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: A chance of snow before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a south wind 24 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Showers, mainly after 8am. High near 59. Breezy, with a south wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Rain, possibly mixed with snow showers, becoming all snow after 8pm, then gradually ending. Low around 16. Breezy, with a west wind 21 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21. Breezy, with a west wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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