Forecast Details for Buffalo, NY

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Overnight: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 31. Southwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Wednesday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 27. West wind around 7 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 25.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 24. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13.

Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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