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Almanac
Average High: 77°
Average Low: 60°
Record high/year: 90° (1959)
Record low/year: 47° (2000)
Sunrise: 6:30 AM
Sunset: 8:10 PM
Detailed History
Sun and Moon
Sunrise: 06:30 AM (EDT)
Moon Rise: 09:41 PM (EDT)
Sunset: 08:10 PM (EDT)
Moon Set: 10:39 AM (EDT)
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5-Day Forecast
Forecast for Chautauqua
This Afternoon
Sunny and delightful. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight
Clear and quite cool. Lows in the upper 40s. Light winds.
Thursday
Sunny and warmer. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 mph or less.
Thursday Night
Mainly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph becoming south.
Friday
Sunny. Warm with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
Friday Night
Mainly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
Saturday
Mostly sunny. Warm and more humid. Highs in the mid 80s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Monday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
Monday Night
Mainly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Tuesday
Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
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Location: APRSWXNET Dunkirk NY US, Dunkirk, NY Updated: 2:44 PM EDT |
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| Temperature: 72 °F | Dew Point: 49 °F | Humidity: 45% | Wind: NNE at 3 mph | Pressure: 30.23 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 77 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Sea Lion Channel Lake Chautauqua, Mayville, NY Updated: 3:09 PM EDT |
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| Temperature: 72.4 °F | Dew Point: 55 °F | Humidity: 54% | Wind: South at 1.2 mph | Pressure: 30.21 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 77 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: APRSWXNET Bemus Point NY US, Maple Springs, NY Updated: 2:49 PM EDT |
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| Temperature: 75 °F | Dew Point: 60 °F | Humidity: 59% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 30.26 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 77 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: NOS_NWLON Sturgeon Point, NY, Derby, NY Updated: 2:30 PM EDT |
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| Temperature: °F | Dew Point: - | Humidity: - | Wind: Calm | Pressure: - | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: - | Historical Graphs |
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Location: 270 yrds from lake erie, Derby, NY Updated: 3:09 PM EDT |
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| Temperature: 71.8 °F | Dew Point: 55 °F | Humidity: 55% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 30.22 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 77 °F | Historical Graphs |
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NWS Forecaster Discussion
602 fxus61 kbuf 201744 afdbuf Area forecast discussion National Weather Service Buffalo New York 144 PM EDT Wednesday Aug 20 2008 Synopsis... high pressure over the Great Lakes today will slowly drift to the East Coast during the next few days. This will provide fine dry and sunny weather to western and central New York right on through Saturday along with a dramatic warming trend. A cold front will cross the region on Sunday with a shower threat...to be followed by more high pressure and dry seasonable weather early next week. && Near term /through tonight/... point soundings are very dry in the low/middle levels...so dont expect much in the way of cumulus development today. May see a little cirrus spill into the north country from midday into the afternoon as a weak shortwave digs southeast into New England accompanied by a 100+ knot upper level jet. 850mb temperatures rise to around +10c west and +8c east by afternoon...and this should support highs in the middle 70s west and low 70s east. With strong differential heating and light synoptic scale flow the typical lake breezes will develop today with flow becoming onshore by early afternoon along the lakes. Tonight the surface high will crest over the region this evening then build to the Atlantic coast by 12z Thursday. Expect clear skies... dry airmass...and light winds to again promote strong radiational cooling. Airmass will modify a little from this morning...but still expect lows down into the low 50s on the lake plains and 40s inland. May see a few isolated upper 30s readings again in the coolest valleys of the southern tier and up on the Tug Hill. Have again added patchy fog into the southern tier...Finger Lakes...and Eastern Lake Ontario region with fog forming preferentially near water bodies. && Short term /Thursday through Saturday night/... this period will feature some real midsummer heat as a strong 592dm 500 mb ridge will amplify across the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes. The ridge will be centered directly over the forecast area Thursday...then will slowly drift to our east Thursday night and Friday. The surface high will drift far enough east on Thursday to allow 850 mb temperatures to climb to 15-16c. This will easily support maximum temperatures in the middle 80s for most locations...although with dew points remaining in the 50s...the summery heat should be easy to handle. The heat will build on Friday with 850 mb temperatures rising to 17-18c...supporting u80s. Buf record on Friday is only 87 (1877) and will be threatened. On the other hand...roc's record is 98 (1916). Dew point temperatures will gradually climb into the upper 50s and lower 60s Thursday night and Friday as our ridge will slowly move to our east. In the meantime...clear skies and light winds will keep our stretch of fine late Summer conditions intact. The strong ridge should hold into Saturday before a deep closed low over the prairies of south central Canada lifts to the northeast across the upper lakes and erodes the western edges of our controlling 500 mb ridge and will help to set up a stronger southwesterly flow across our region. As a result it will be a another warm and increasingly humid day Saturday. 850 mb temperatures of 16c will still support mid to upper 80s. Most of Sat nt will be dry too...but an approaching cold front will bring a chance of thunderstorms into western areas late at night. && Long term /Sunday through Tuesday/... the main player this period will be a cold frontal passage on Sunday. This feature appears weaker on latest models but still should be able to bring a scattering of showers and thunderstorms throughout...so 50 probability of precipitation will be held. 00z GFS a bit faster with its departure...clearing out the west in the afternoon but wont get that specific yet. Another large high will follow...settling across the lakes and giving our region a few more days of fine dry weather early next week. As for "fay"...all models keep this storm meandering along the eastern Gulf Coast right on through the weekend...with its moisture certainly not getting picked up by the front Sunday...so any of its remnant moisture will not begin its northward trek until around the middle of next week. && Aviation /18z Wednesday through Monday/... VFR conditions will prevail for the next several days. Surface high pressure centered over southern Ontario at 18z will continue to build slowly southeast and crest over the region through this evening. This will provide clear skies and light winds. Some valley fog will form again late tonight into Thursday morning...but again similar to this morning expect all the taf sites to remain VFR. Outlook... Thursday through Saturday...VFR. Sunday...possible MVFR in scattered showers and thunderstorms. Monday...VFR. && Marine... no flags are expected through at least Friday. Surface high pressure cresting over the lower Great Lakes today will bring light winds. With the light synoptic scale gradient... local lake breezes will develop by early afternoon with winds becoming onshore along the nearshores...and light west at Middle Lake. The lake breezes will transition to land breezes tonight with winds along the shorelines becoming light offshore. Fine boating conditions can be expected for the next several days as high pressure over the Great Lakes region will gradually settle over the Middle Atlantic States. This will resultant weak surface pressure gradient will translate into light winds and correspondingly low wave heights. && Buf watches/warnings/advisories... New York...none. Marine...none. && $$ Synopsis...sfm near term...Hitchcock/zaff short term...sfm long term...sfm aviation...zaff marine...Hitchcock/sfm