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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
Thu 24
Sep		00:00

E
E

 6 / 9 mph 50 / 48°F 88% 994 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
94%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
03:00

E
E

 4 / 6 mph 49 / 47°F 96% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 95%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
06:00

N
N

 2 / 2 mph 49 / 49°F 99% 991 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 77%
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

NW
NW

 3 / 5 mph 49 / 48°F 99% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 56%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
12:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 6 mph 49 / 48°F 95% 989 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 87%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 5 mph 52 / 51°F 87% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 83%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 5 mph 55 / 54°F 80% 990 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 35%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

 3 / 5 mph 50 / 50°F 89% 991 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Fri 25
Sep		00:00

NW
NW

 4 / 8 mph 45 / 43°F 96% 991 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

NW
NW

 3 / 5 mph 45 / 44°F 94% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 80%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
68%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NW
NW

 4 / 6 mph 45 / 43°F 93% 993 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 60%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NW
NW

 4 / 7 mph 44 / 42°F 93% 993 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 6 mph 50 / 47°F 77% 993 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
62%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

NNW
NNW

 5 / 6 mph 55 / 54°F 66% 994 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
73%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 7 mph 55 / 53°F 65% 995 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 42%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
47%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

 5 / 10 mph 44 / 41°F 95% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 46%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
54%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
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 13°C, with a high for the week of 16°C expected on the evening of Thursday 1st. The average minimum temperature will be 6°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Sunday 27th at 3°C. The week ahead will have mixed weather with some days dry and some seeing a little rain. Current predictions suggest Monday 27th 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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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

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Pressure