Forecast Details for Steamburg, NY

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Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 42. South wind 11 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday: A chance of rain showers before 4pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 40 by 5pm. West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday: Snow showers likely before 11am, then rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. West wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night: Snow showers, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 11pm. Low around 24. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Calm wind.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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