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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
Fri 19
Aug		00:00

ESE
ESE

 5 / 10 mph 62 / 62°F 45% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

ENE
ENE

 2 / 4 mph 57 / 58°F 53% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 2 / 4 mph 55 / 56°F 56% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NW
NW

 4 / 7 mph 65 / 63°F 43% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NW
NW

 3 / 3 mph 73 / 74°F 30% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
99%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

S
S

 2 / 3 mph 79 / 76°F 23% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 95%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
98%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 15 mph 72 / 74°F 35% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 55%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
55%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

N
N

 3 / 6 mph 65 / 63°F 57% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sat 20
Aug		18:00

N
N

 9 / 10 mph 68 / 66°F 39% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NE
NE

 4 / 7 mph 61 / 59°F 53% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Fort Simpson:

For Fort Simpson in the coming week the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 26°C, with a high for the week of 30°C expected on the evening of Thursday 25th. The average minimum temperature will be 11°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Wednesday 24th at 8°C. The coming week will have mostly dry days although Friday is likely to see a little rain. Predictions are Friday 24th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 3.0mm. 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