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Spot Forecast for 20260718_Response_NIagra_OFPC...NYS DHSES OFPC
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1221 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 EDT on July 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Showers and thunderstorms are expected at times through this
evening, with numerous severe thunderstorms able to produce damaging
winds and locally heavy rain.

Gusty winds are expected northeast of Lake Erie this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95 percent). Showers and chance of
                    thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........78 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 16 to 21 mph with gusts to around 37
                    mph.

TIME (EDT)          1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).............92  100 100 100 88
Weather cov.........LKY DEF DEF LKY CHC
Weather type........RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov............CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).....60  100 100 90  30
Temp................80  80  81  78  78
RH..................80  82  78  82  83
Surface wnd dir.....SW  SW  SW  SW  W
Surface wnd spd.....20  21  20  18  16
Surface wnd gst.....37  36  33  30  28

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65 percent) then becoming partly
                    cloudy (50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy
                    (65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35
                    percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 14 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph becoming north 9 to 14 mph in the
                    late evening and overnight.

TIME (EDT)          6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).............67  65  46  50  58  69  64  36  24  26  42  50
Weather cov.........
Weather type........
Tstm cov............
Chc of pcpn (%).....10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp................78  76  74  72  70  69  69  67  67  65  64  63
RH..................78  77  76  81  83  85  83  83  81  84  83  83
Surface wnd dir.....W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.....15  15  15  14  14  13  13  11  11  10  10  9
Surface wnd gst.....25  23  22  21  20  20  20  20  18  17  17  16

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 6 to 10 mph becoming light.

TIME (EDT)          6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).............40  37  39  47  41  32  25  18  12  10  9   7
Weather cov.........
Weather type........
Tstm cov............
Chc of pcpn (%).....0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp................62  63  65  66  68  69  71  72  73  74  75  76
RH..................83  83  79  74  68  64  60  57  52  47  45  42
Surface wnd dir.....N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.....9   10  10  10  9   9   8   8   8   6   6   5
Surface wnd gst.....15  15  15  14  14  13  12  10  9   9   8   7

$$

Forecaster...SGK
Requested by...Bradley Smith
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2617675.0/BUF
.DELDT 07/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Bradley.Smith2@dhses.ny.gov