FNUS71 KBUF 181621 FWSBUF 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