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GRLevel3 radar from NWS station KBUF

157 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 SYNOPSIS... A broad closed low over the Upper Midwest will gradually cross the Great Lakes through the weekend, resulting in several opportunities for showers and thunderstorms through at least Saturday night. Much cooler and generally drier weather behind this system expected to last through the first half of next week before becoming unsettled again by later Wednesday. Area Forecast Discussion
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METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: @ 4:25am  
Temperatures Current Conditions Forecast
Lake Erie:50F
Lake Ontario:46F
Currently Outside: Warmer 0.2°F than last hour.

69.6°F

Comfortable
High Today
69.6°F
4:23 AM
Low Today
61.4°F
12:00 AM
Yest High
73.0°F
6:14 PM
Yest Low
59.6°F
10:00 PM
Sta* High
83.8°F
2015
Sta* Low
38.3°F
2023
* This Station's Records Since 12/2013
Rec* High
93.0°F
1996
Rec* Low
33.0°F
1973
Weather Server uptime 5 Days 2 Hours 27 Minutes 22 Seconds
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Public Info Statement
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy

Wind from N Wind:  N
2.2

Gusting to:
1.0 mph
Current Rain Rain:
0.00 in
Chandler Burning Index: LOW Current CBI
Fire Danger:
3.7 of 100
Overnight

Overnight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Chance Showers And T-Storms
Saturday

Saturday: Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Showers And T-Storms Likely
Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers
Slight Chance Rain Showers
Lo 60 °F Hi 66 °F Lo 52 °F

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Dew Point Liquid Precipitation Wind Speed Sun/Moon
Current: Decreased 1.7°F since last hour. 59.8°F
Last Hour: Decreased 1.7°F since last hour. 1.7°F
High 3:01 AM: 61.6°F
Low 12:36 AM: 48.9°F
Record High: 79.9°F on
Jun-19-2024
Record Low: -15.3°F on
Apr-24-2024
Wetbulb: 63.7°F
Leaf Wet:7 0
Rain Today
rain graph

Today: 0.00 in
Storm Rain: 0.56 in
Yesterday: 0.56 in
Last 7 Days: 0.67 in
May Rain: 2.63 in
May to Date
  Avg:10
0.00 in
May to Date
  Diff from Avg:10
Over 2.63 in for the month 2.63 in
May Avg: 2.46 in
Diff from Avg: Over 0.17 in for the month 0.17 in
Season:1 10.23 in
YTD
  Avg:11
7.07 in
YTD
  Diff from Avg:11
Over 3.16 in for the year 3.16 in
Last Rain
Time/Date:
May-16-2025
at 7:25 AM
57 rain days in 2025
10 days in May
0 days since last rain
Current: N  2.2 mph
1Hr Average: 1.6 mph
Wind Run: 5.79 miles
Wind Gust
Current: 1.0 mph mph
Today: 9.2 mph 2:36 AM
Month: 18.0 mph May-16
Year: 55.0 mph Apr-19
Record Gust: 56.0 mph
Nov-11-2023
Sunlight:
14 hrs 14 min
40 sec
of Sunlight Today
Which is
1 min 37 sec longer than
yesterday
(Noon) graph (Midnight)
Legend

Waning Gibbous
Waning Gibbous, 19 days, 12 hours, 57 minutes in cycle
80%
Illuminated
Humidity Barometer
Current: Decreased 5% since last hour. 71%
Last Hour: Decreased 5% since last hour. 5%
High 2:56 AM: 77%
Low 12:36 AM: 57%
Record High: 98%
Apr-29-2024
Record Low: 18%
May-18-2023
Current: Falling 0.018  inHg/hr 29.462 inHg
Last Hour: Falling slowly
High 12:04 AM: 29.589 in.
Low 4:17 AM: 29.456 in.
Record High: 30.992 inHg
Dec-14-2024
Record Low: 28.948 inHg
Jan-9-2024
Cooling Degree Days Snow3 Heat Index AIR
Today: 0.2
May: 9.5
2025 to Date: 12.7
Heating Degree Days
2025 to Date: 3798.8
Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
May Snow: No Change 0.00 in
May Avg: 0.00 in
Diff from Avg: 0.00 in
Season Total:2 70.50 in
Snow Depth: 0.00 in
0 snow days in May
19 snow days this season.2
First Snow of Season:
Dec-1-2024
Average 1st Snow:
29 of Nov
Current: 69.6°F
High 4:23am: 69.6°F
Yesterday: 73.0°F
Record: 114.6°F
Jun-18-2024
Quality
Index6:

53


Moderate
Density:
1.17 kg/m3
UV Summary/Forecast Solar Summary
High Yest:   6.5 @ 1:04 PM
May-17

7.5
May-18

8.7
May-19

9.1
High Yest:   838.0 @ 12:48 PM
Sun Hours Today:
00:00
   This Month: 53:18 Hrs
Rise: 5:50 am  Set: 8:33 pm
Soil Depth/Temp8 Irrigation Index5 Station All Time Records Cloud Level
0.6 in: 60°F °F
1.2 in: 59°F
1.8 in: 57°F

Growing conditions
at the depth of:  0.6 in:


Soil moisture range is from
0-Wet to 200-Dry/Frozen
Updated at Midnight
Current ET: 0.03 in
7-Days Rain: 0.67 in
7-Days ET: 0.96 in
7-Day:  0.287 in water in deficit of what evaporated in last 7 days. 0.287 in
May:  0.87 in water in excess of what evaporated this month. 0.87 in
HIGHS: LOWS:
95.5°F
Jun-18-2024
-14.1°F
Apr-24-2024
Daytime Records
  93.2°F
Jun-18-2024
  6.6°F
Jan-22-2025
Nitetime Records
  81.3°F
Jun-23-2024
  2.1°F
Jan-22-2025
ICN:1 | S3C2:1 | Ajax 3.xx
ISS:Ok | CON:4.7 | RCP:88%
1 Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st.   2 Snow season July 1st to June 30th.   3 Snow manually measured usually around 7AM and 7PM.   5 Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week. (Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present).   6 Air Quality Index is provided by Minnesota Polution Control Agency and is updated hourly between the hours of 6AM and Midnight.   7 Leaf Wetness is surface moisture on foliage. 0 being totally dry and 15 being totally saturated.   8 Soil moisture and temperatures are from sensors burried in the ground at the levels specified.   10 Historical average only to day 17 of just the month of May for this station since 2013.   11 Historical average rain this season to day 17 of May for this station since 2013.
 NWS Weather Forecast  -   Outlook Overnight & Saturday
Overnight

Overnight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Chance Showers And T-Storms

Lo 60 °F
NWS forecast: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Local station forecast: Increasing clouds and cooler, precipitation possible within 6 hrs, windy with possible wind shift to the w, nw, or n.
Saturday

Saturday: Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Showers And T-Storms Likely

Hi 66 °F
NWS forecast: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5pm. Mostly cloudy. High near 66, with temperatures falling to around 59 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
 NWS Short Term Weather Forecast
Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers
Slight Chance Rain Showers
Sunday

Sunday: Chance Rain Showers
Chance Rain Showers
Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy
Monday

Monday: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Monday
Night
Monday Night: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
Tuesday

Tuesday: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Tuesday
Night
Tuesday Night: Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers
Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers
Lo 52 °F Hi 57 °F Lo 45 °F Hi 59 °F Lo 39 °F Hi 60 °F Lo 44 °F

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