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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 12
Jul		12:00

W
W

 2 / 3 mph 4 / 4°F 96% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 2 / 4 mph 2 / 2°F 98% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 59%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
65%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

N
N

 2 / 3 mph 1 / 1°F 97% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

N
N

 0 / 0 mph 0 / 0°F 96% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
34%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Mon 13
Jul		00:00

SSW
SSW

 0 / 1 mph 3 / 3°F 98% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
51%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

N
N

 0 / 1 mph 0 / 0°F 98% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 35%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
38%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

N
N

 0 / 0 mph -2 / -2°F 97% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

N
N

 1 / 2 mph 4 / 4°F 90% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
44%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NNW
NNW

 0 / 1 mph 10 / 10°F 88% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
19%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

N
N

 1 / 2 mph 13 / 13°F 82% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
32%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

SSE
SSE

 1 / 2 mph 10 / 10°F 80% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 62%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
63%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

S
S

 2 / 3 mph 5 / 5°F 81% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
28%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Rothera Point:

The outlook for Rothera Point in the week ahead shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -7°C, with a high for the week of 3°C expected on the evening of Saturday 18th. The mean minimum temperature will be -19°C, dipping to its lowest on the afternoon of Friday 17th at -25°C. Expect the coming week to have mixed weather with some days dry and some seeing a little snow. Predictions are Saturday 17th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 2.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

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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

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