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 is Condensation?

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Next Topic: Contrails

Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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Cumulonimbus Clouds Next Topic: Cumulus Clouds

The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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