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Temperature, wind, rain and more for Alert

Northwest Territories, Canada

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Fri 16
Apr		00:00

SW
SW

 6 / 14 mph -7 / -22°F 90% 1031 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 58%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
03:00

SW
SW

 4 / 8 mph -4 / -14°F 90% 1032 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 60%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 2 / 2 mph 11 / 8°F 93% 1032 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 91%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

W
W

 2 / 3 mph 10 / 6°F 94% 1031 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NNW
NNW

 4 / 5 mph 14 / 7°F 96% 1029 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

NNW
NNW

 7 / 8 mph 10 / -1°F 97% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 17 mph -5 / -19°F 99% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NW
NW

 8 / 17 mph -8 / -25°F 100% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
Sat 17
Apr		18:00

S
S

 6 / 12 mph -6 / -18°F 91% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

S
S

 4 / 8 mph -11 / -21°F 93% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 64%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
73%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Alert:

The next 7 day outlook for Alert shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -12°C, with a high for the week of -9°C expected on the afternoon of Saturday 17th. The average minimum temperature will be -25°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Thursday 22nd at -26°C. Expect the coming week to remain predominantly dry. 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