Forecast Details for Dobbs Ferry, NY

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Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Tonight: Snow, mainly between 1am and 4am. Low around 16. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy and cold, with a temperature falling to around 9 by 5pm. Wind chill values between -5 and -15. Windy, with a northwest wind 16 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 2. Wind chill values between -15 and -20. Windy, with a northwest wind 22 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph.

Sunday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 18. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 5.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 29.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.

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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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