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Fort Simpson Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Fort Simpson

Northwest Territories, Canada

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 21
Apr		00:00

N
N

 18 / 28 km/h -1 / -6°C 79% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 49%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
66%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
03:00

NNW
NNW

 21 / 32 km/h -1 / -7°C 79% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
06:00

NNW
NNW

 27 / 36 km/h -3 / -10°C 79% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.3 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 mm
09:00

NNW
NNW

 26 / 32 km/h -4 / -12°C 65% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 28%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.1 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 mm
12:00

N
N

 24 / 28 km/h -4 / -10°C 52% 1031 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
29%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
15:00

N
N

 18 / 21 km/h -1 / -7°C 43% 1031 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
18:00

NNW
NNW

 19 / 23 km/h 0 / -6°C 39% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
21:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 8 km/h -2 / -4°C 53% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 26%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
26%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
Thu 22
Apr		00:00

WSW
WSW

 11 / 19 km/h -3 / -7°C 59% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 68%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
68%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
03:00

W
W

 9 / 17 km/h -4 / -8°C 63% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 74%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
87%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
06:00

WSW
WSW

 5 / 10 km/h -5 / -7°C 71% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
09:00

NNE
NNE

 5 / 8 km/h -3 / -5°C 61% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
44%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
12:00

NNW
NNW

 13 / 15 km/h -1 / -5°C 67% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 73%
Mid level cloud: 80%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 mm
15:00

NNW
NNW

 24 / 28 km/h 0 / -5°C 55% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 mm
18:00

N
N

 21 / 24 km/h -1 / -6°C 42% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 62%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
Expect 0.1 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 mm
21:00

N
N

 11 / 13 km/h -2 / -6°C 52% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 84%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.0 mm of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 mm
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Fort Simpson:

The outlook for Fort Simpson in the week ahead shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -1°C, with a high for the week of 0°C expected on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd. The average minimum temperature will be -7°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 27th at -11°C. The week ahead will remain predominantly dry. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Local Time

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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

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