Forecast Details for Buffalo, NY

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Current Alerts for Buffalo, NY: Extreme Cold Watch

Overnight: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 6. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 21. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

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

Friday: Snow, mainly after 10am. High near 27. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Patchy blowing snow between 1am and 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 0. Blustery, with a west wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northwest 16 to 21 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 8. Northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light west after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 14. West wind 3 to 6 mph.

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

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16.

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

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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