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Wenchuan Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Wenchuan

China

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Thu 11
Aug		20:00

S
S

 4 / 6 mph 58 / 58°F 95% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
55%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
23:00

WSW
WSW

 2 / 3 mph 56 / 56°F 92% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 25%
Mid level cloud: 36%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Fri 12
Aug		02:00

WSW
WSW

 1 / 2 mph 54 / 54°F 92% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
05:00

WNW
WNW

 1 / 2 mph 53 / 53°F 93% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 23%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
34%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
08:00

WSW
WSW

 1 / 1 mph 65 / 62°F 87% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
11:00

S
S

 5 / 5 mph 77 / 77°F 57% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
14:00

SSE
SSE

 7 / 9 mph 80 / 80°F 54% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
17:00

SSE
SSE

 8 / 9 mph 78 / 78°F 66% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
20:00

SSE
SSE

 4 / 6 mph 58 / 58°F 95% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
23:00

SSW
SSW

 2 / 2 mph 63 / 63°F 90% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 23%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
38%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 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 27°C, with a high for the week of 28°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 16th. The average minimum temperature will be 13°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 12th at 11°C. Expect the coming week to have mixed weather with some days dry and some seeing a little rain. Current predictions suggest Thursday 12th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 3.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

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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