Dunkirk, New York

Current Conditions

 
Temp: 47°
Dew Point: 27°
Humidity: 46%
Wind: Calm
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Pressure: 30.12 in. 0
Sky: Clear
Wind Chill: 46°

 

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Almanac

Average High: 42°

Average Low: 26°

Record high/year: 70° (1990)

Record low/year: 1° (1885)

Sunrise: 7:27 AM

Sunset: 7:24 PM

Detailed History

Sun and Moon

Sunrise: 07:27 AM (EDT)

Moon Rise: 07:22 AM (EDT)

Sunset: 07:24 PM (EDT)

Moon Set: 08:35 PM (EDT)

Moon Phase

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Air Pollution

Air Pollution Forecast for Buffalo

Current Air Quality: Good Pollutant: PM2.5
Current Air Quality: Good Pollutant: OZONE
Tue Air Quality: Good Pollutant: PM2.5
Wed Air Quality: Good Pollutant: PM2.5

Next 12 Hours

 
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Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database


5-Day Forecast

Tuesday Clear Hi 50° Lo 32° Clear
Wednesday Clear Hi 54° Lo 40° Clear
Thursday Partly Cloudy Hi 47° Lo 38° Partly Cloudy
Friday Partly Cloudy Hi 54° Lo 38° Partly Cloudy
Saturday Chance of Rain Hi 58° Lo 38° Chance of Rain

 

Forecast for Chautauqua

Updated: 3:53 PM EDT on March 16, 2010

Tonight

Clear. Lows in the low to mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 mph or less.

 

Wednesday

Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 50s...but about 50 near Lake Erie. Light winds...becoming west around 10 mph.

 

Wednesday Night

Mainly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming southwest.

 

Thursday

Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s...but mid to upper 40s near Lake Erie. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming west.

 

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.

 

Friday

Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.

 

Friday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.

 

Saturday

Partly sunny. Highs around 60.

 

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s.

 

Sunday

Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 50s.

 

Sunday Night

Rain showers likely. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of rain 70 percent.

 

Monday

Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

 

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and rain showers. Lows in the lower 20s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

 

Tuesday

Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in the upper 30s.

 

 

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Location: Dunkirk, NY, Dunkirk, NY

Updated: 7:06 PM EDT

Temperature: 43.6 °F Dew Point: 26 °F Humidity: 50% Wind: West at 1.0 mph Pressure: 30.10 in Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in Windchill: 44 °F Historical Graphs

Location: MARITIME , Dunkirk, NY

Updated: 6:00 PM EDT

Temperature: 39 °F Dew Point: - Humidity: - Wind: West at 8 mph Pressure: 30.10 in Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in Windchill: 33 °F Historical Graphs

Location: ASOS_HFM DUNKIRK, NY, Sheridan, NY

Updated: 6:40 PM EDT

Temperature: 46 °F Dew Point: 25 °F Humidity: 42% Wind: Calm Pressure: 30.11 in Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in Windchill: 46 °F Historical Graphs

Location: HADS SINCLAIRVILLE NEAR JAMESTOWN 11N NY US, Sinclairville, NY

Updated: 6:00 PM EDT

Temperature:  °F Dew Point: - Humidity: - Wind: Calm Pressure: - Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in Windchill: - Historical Graphs

Location: Sea Lion Channel Lake Chautauqua, Mayville, NY

Updated: 7:05 PM EDT

Temperature: 46.9 °F Dew Point: 27 °F Humidity: 46% Wind: WNW at 1.0 mph Pressure: 30.11 in Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in Windchill: 47 °F Historical Graphs

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NWS Forecaster Discussion




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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Buffalo New York 
539 PM EDT Tuesday Mar 16 2010 


Synopsis... 
high pressure will build eastward from the Central Plains tonight. 
A long stretch of dry weather is expected from tonight into the 
early part of the upcoming weekend. Temperatures will average well 
above normal with a decent amounts of sunshine. 


&& 


Near term /through Wednesday/... 
high pressure extending from the plains to the Great Lakes will keep 
dry air over the region through the period with only some limited 
high clouds drifting southeast across the region tonight especially across 
the north country. Expect lows tonight generally from the upper 20s to 
around 30 across the north country and low to middle 30s across the 
rest of the region. There will also be some upper 20s over some of 
the interior valleys of the southern tier. 


Plenty of sunshine is still expected Wednesday with 850 mb 
temperatures around plus 2c to +3c. This time of year those kind of 
850 mb temperatures shld support highs in the middle to upper 50s in most 
areas with even a few locations getting to 60 across the central 
Genesee Valley. The exception will be the immediate Lake Shores east 
and southeast of lakes Erie and Ontario will likely remain below 50 
as expect SW winds to develop off the east ends of the lakes. 


&& 


Short term /Wednesday night through Friday night/... 
high pressure and fair weather will continue to be dominate at the 
start of the period. Mainly clear skies Wednesday night will lead to 
good radiational cooling...but most areas will remain above 
freezing...but the normally colder valleys of the southern tier 
and well east of Lake Ontario will see below freezing temperatures. 


A short wave in the northern stream is expected to move southeast 
across northern New England and the Canadian Maritimes Thursday. 
This will lead to a weak backdoor front dropping down across the 
area...but moisture is very limited as Gulf of Mexico moisture is 
completely cut off due to blocking ridge in place. Therefore... 
just a slight increase in cloud cover is expected. Ridge will re- 
establish in the wake of weak frontal passage...allowing for a 
fair weather day Friday. The ridge slides off the East Coast 
Saturday...allowing a strengthening warm air advection pattern to 
set up. Saturday continues to looks dry with a gradual increase 
in cloudiness in the warm air advection pattern ahead of 
approaching warm front. 


Temperatures Thursday generally in the lower to middle 50s...but the 
flow off the lakes will keep the Buffalo and Watertown areas cooler. 
Friday and Saturday look a bit milder...with Saturday likely the 
warmest of the two days. Highs Friday will generally be in the 
middle 50s to lower 60s with areas downwind of the lakes cooler 
again. Widespread 60s are likely for Saturday with little if any 
lake cooling expected. 


&& 


Long term /Saturday through Tuesday/... 
sharp cold front looks to sweep across the area Sunday night...with 
the GFS a bit faster than the European and Canadian. Deep layered 
moisture should be advecting northward along and ahead of the 
boundary. This should support decent convection along the front and 
may eventually warrant the mention of thunder in later forecasts. 
Influx of much colder air in wake of the front may warrant lake 
effect concerns by Monday night into Tuesday. 


&& 


Aviation /21z Tuesday through Sunday/... 
high confidence in VFR conditions through 18z Wednesday. Noted 
that BUFKIT shows some boundary layer moisture between 06z and 12z 
tonight...however surface dew points are much drier than 
forecast...diminishing the potential for radiation fog. 
Otherwise...a high pressure ridge is firmly in control...it is too 
dry aloft to support any clouds outside of periodic high clouds 
above 20k feet. 




Outlook... 
Wednesday through Saturday...VFR. 
Saturday night and Sunday...VFR/MVFR showers likely. 


&& 


Marine... 
no marine headlines will be necessary tonight or Wednesday as the 
pressure gradient remains weak across the lower lakes region. 
Southwest winds will be on the increase Wednesday night and 
Thursday as the pressure gradient tightens a bit between low 
pressure over the Canadian Maritimes and high pressure over the 
Mississippi Valley...but at this time even during that we will 
likely remain below Small Craft Advisory criteria. 


Polar orbiter satellite imagery this afternoon showing a dramatic 
decrease in lake ice on Lake Erie has taken place during the 
course of the last week. Except for the presence of shore ice the 
US portion of the eastern basin is almost completely ice 
free...about a 30-50 percent coverage continues to exist from 
around the Westfield/Ripley area over to Long Point Ontario. 


&& 


Buf watches/warnings/advisories... 
New York...none. 
Marine...none. 


&& 


$$ 


Synopsis...tma 
near term...jjp 
short term...tma 
long term...tma 
aviation...jjp/apffel 
marine...tma 














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