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Wenchuan Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Wenchuan

China

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Tue 29
Sep		02:00

SSE
SSE

 1 / 1 mph 53 / 53°F 97% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
05:00

SSE
SSE

 1 / 1 mph 53 / 53°F 97% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 27%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
91%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
08:00

N
N

 2 / 2 mph 53 / 53°F 98% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 72%
Mid level cloud: 48%
High level cloud: 39%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
93%
Expect 0.10 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.10 In
11:00

SW
SW

 1 / 1 mph 63 / 60°F 85% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
14:00

S
S

 5 / 6 mph 68 / 67°F 68% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 21%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
19%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
17:00

SSE
SSE

 6 / 7 mph 65 / 63°F 80% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
20:00

SSE
SSE

 3 / 4 mph 55 / 55°F 98% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 53%
High level cloud: 97%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
23:00

S
S

 2 / 2 mph 54 / 54°F 95% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 63%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
82%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Wed 30
Sep		02:00

SSE
SSE

 1 / 1 mph 52 / 52°F 95% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 57%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
72%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
05:00

ESE
ESE

 2 / 2 mph 52 / 52°F 95% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
08:00

S
S

 2 / 2 mph 54 / 54°F 94% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 66%
Mid level cloud: 53%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
85%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
11:00

S
S

 4 / 4 mph 59 / 57°F 88% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
73%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
14:00

S
S

 5 / 5 mph 61 / 59°F 84% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
55%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
17:00

SSE
SSE

 4 / 5 mph 59 / 58°F 89% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 55%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 65%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
77%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
20:00

SSE
SSE

 3 / 4 mph 55 / 55°F 96% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 68%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
23:00

SSE
SSE

 2 / 3 mph 54 / 55°F 97% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
92%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Wenchuan:

The next 7 day outlook for Wenchuan shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 16°C, with a high for the week of 20°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 29th. The average minimum temperature will be 11°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 5th at 9°C. The week will have mostly dry days although Tuesday 29th and Thursday 01st are likely to see a little rain. Current predictions suggest Tuesday 5th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 4.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

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Day

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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