Forecast Details for Buffalo, NY

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Current Alerts for Buffalo, NY: Extreme Cold Watch Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight.

Friday: Snow showers likely, mainly after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow showers, mainly before 1am. Patchy blowing snow between midnight and 3am. Low around -1. Wind chill values as low as -20. Blustery, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Saturday: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 7. Wind chill values as low as -20. Northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 13. West wind 5 to 7 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 4. Light southwest wind.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31.

Tuesday Night: A chance of freezing rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow showers and freezing rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds