Forecast Details for Elma, NY

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Current Alerts for Elma, NY: Flood Warning

Today: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. East wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then a slight chance of thunderstorms between 4am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. South wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 72. East wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 41. South wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. West wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 48.

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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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