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Rothera Point Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Rothera Point

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DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 25
Sep		12:00

NNW
NNW

 5 / 11 mph 12 / 4°F 89% 987 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
15:00

W
W

 2 / 4 mph 18 / 16°F 87% 987 mb
Low level cloud: 51%
Mid level cloud: 48%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
68%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 3 / 5 mph 19 / 14°F 90% 987 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
62%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
21:00

S
S

 3 / 6 mph 12 / 7°F 95% 988 mb
Low level cloud: 83%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
89%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
Mon 26
Sep		00:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 9 mph 5 / -4°F 96% 989 mb
Low level cloud: 83%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
89%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

 5 / 11 mph 2 / -9°F 92% 988 mb
Low level cloud: 58%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

 5 / 11 mph -1 / -12°F 90% 988 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
26%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NNW
NNW

 4 / 9 mph -2 / -12°F 86% 988 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NNW
NNW

 4 / 9 mph 0 / -9°F 84% 988 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

NNE
NNE

 2 / 5 mph 10 / 6°F 83% 987 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
21%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

E
E

 2 / 3 mph 14 / 11°F 83% 986 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 25%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

N
N

 2 / 5 mph 7 / 2°F 87% 986 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 88%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
39%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Rothera Point:

For Rothera Point in the coming week the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -7°C, with a high for the week of -3°C expected on the morning of Friday 30th. The average minimum temperature will be -11°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 26th at -19°C. Expect the week ahead to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with snow. It looks like Friday 26th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 16.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure