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Cape Dorset Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Cape Dorset

Northwest Territories, Canada

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 24
Jan		15:00

NE
NE

 2 / 2 mph 9 / 9°F 98% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 59%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
87%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 5 / 6 mph 6 / -3°F 97% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 62%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

W
W

 9 / 12 mph 2 / -12°F 97% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 59%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
77%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sun 25
Jan		00:00

WSW
WSW

 14 / 27 mph -2 / -22°F 96% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 58%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

WSW
WSW

 16 / 30 mph -3 / -25°F 96% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 16 / 28 mph -2 / -23°F 95% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 84%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

W
W

 14 / 16 mph 5 / -12°F 91% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 34%
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
12:00

W
W

 13 / 15 mph 8 / -8°F 88% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 76%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

 6 / 12 mph -3 / -15°F 93% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 49%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
79%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 4 / 9 mph -11 / -22°F 97% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 59%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
46%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

W
W

 2 / 4 mph -6 / -6°F 97% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 58%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Cape Dorset:

For Cape Dorset in the coming week the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -15°C, with a high for the week of -11°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 27th. The average minimum temperature will be -25°C, dipping to its lowest on the evening of Wednesday 28th at -30°C. Expect the week ahead to remain predominantly dry. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

The day label given represents the local day relative to the local time for the location you are looking at.
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Day

This time is corrected for local time zones and where possible for daylight saving times.
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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