Forecast Details for Buffalo, NY

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Current Alerts for Buffalo, NY: Extreme Cold Watch

Today: 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%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: 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. Wind chill values as low as -20. 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%. 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 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. Calm wind.

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 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.

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