Forecast Details for Ellisburg, NY

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Current Alerts for Ellisburg, NY: Flood Warning Flood Watch

Today: A slight chance of showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southeast wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. South wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers after 2am. Low around 42. Southeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Showers, mainly before 2pm. High near 52. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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