Forecast Details for Buffalo, NY

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Current Alerts for Buffalo, NY: Flood Warning

Today: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. East wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Southwest wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 66. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then showers likely. Low around 41. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers likely before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. West wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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