Forecast Details for Depew, NY

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Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 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 10am, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a southwest wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Saturday: A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 71. East wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. 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. Low around 42. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. West wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 49.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Thursday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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