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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 14
Dec		00:00

ENE
ENE

 1 / 3 mph 27 / 27°F 78% 989 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

 3 / 6 mph 21 / 17°F 80% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 63%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

 2 / 5 mph 19 / 16°F 77% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

WSW
WSW

 2 / 3 mph 22 / 22°F 79% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 64%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

S
S

 4 / 6 mph 28 / 24°F 73% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
34%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 7 mph 31 / 26°F 73% 989 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
19%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 7 mph 31 / 26°F 76% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
24%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 7 mph 31 / 26°F 79% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Mon 15
Dec		00:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 9 mph 25 / 20°F 87% 991 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 74%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
74%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

W
W

 4 / 9 mph 17 / 10°F 89% 991 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 58%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
83%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NW
NW

 3 / 7 mph 19 / 14°F 89% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 44%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 93%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
90%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

 2 / 4 mph 24 / 21°F 91% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 69%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

SW
SW

 2 / 2 mph 29 / 27°F 86% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 86%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 5 mph 30 / 26°F 86% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 80%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

S
S

 5 / 6 mph 30 / 25°F 86% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 72%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
74%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

S
S

 5 / 6 mph 31 / 25°F 86% 993 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
70%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Rothera Point:

The next 7 day outlook for Rothera Point shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -1°C, with a high for the week of 0°C expected on the evening of Thursday 18th. The mean minimum temperature will be -6°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Thursday 18th at -9°C. Expect the coming week to have mostly dry days although Friday is likely to see a little snow. Predictions are Sunday 18th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 6.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

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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