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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
Thu 05
Aug		00:00

NE
NE

 6 / 12 mph 4 / -6°F 78% 975 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

NE
NE

 10 / 17 mph 11 / -3°F 74% 972 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 42%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NE
NE

 13 / 17 mph 8 / -7°F 88% 971 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
66%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
09:00

NE
NE

 17 / 36 mph 4 / -16°F 91% 972 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
45%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
12:00

N
N

 10 / 22 mph 4 / -11°F 85% 974 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

N
N

 10 / 20 mph 4 / -10°F 83% 974 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

 4 / 9 mph 5 / -4°F 89% 971 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 61%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
70%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NE
NE

 1 / 2 mph 5 / 5°F 87% 966 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Fri 06
Aug		00:00

E
E

 7 / 15 mph -3 / -17°F 83% 961 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

ENE
ENE

 7 / 9 mph 13 / 2°F 92% 957 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 92%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
76%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

 8 / 9 mph 12 / 0°F 92% 953 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
85%
Expect 0.10 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.10 In
09:00

NE
NE

 7 / 8 mph 11 / 0°F 91% 952 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 49%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
Expect 0.06 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.06 In
12:00

NE
NE

 7 / 8 mph 12 / 1°F 89% 953 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 75%
High level cloud: 76%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
15:00

NNE
NNE

 8 / 9 mph 10 / -1°F 86% 956 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 65%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
73%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

 8 / 9 mph 12 / 0°F 84% 957 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 89%
High level cloud: 42%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NE
NE

 5 / 6 mph 14 / 6°F 94% 958 mb
Low level cloud: 63%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 78%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Rothera Point:

Taking a look at Rothera Point over the coming week and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -13°C, with a high for the week of -5°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 9th. The average minimum temperature will be -23°C, dipping to its lowest on the afternoon of Thursday 12th at -31°C. The week will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with snow. Current predictions suggest Friday 12th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 8.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Dir

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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

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Weather

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Pressure