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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 15
Apr		02:00

NW
NW

 3 / 7 mph 30 / 27°F 94% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 34%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
05:00

NNW
NNW

 3 / 7 mph 29 / 26°F 91% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
22%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
08:00

NNW
NNW

 1 / 1 mph 43 / 42°F 79% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
11:00

SSE
SSE

 3 / 4 mph 54 / 52°F 68% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
14:00

SE
SE

 6 / 7 mph 49 / 45°F 88% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 44%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 52%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
65%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
17:00

SSE
SSE

 5 / 6 mph 44 / 42°F 97% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 86%
Mid level cloud: 84%
High level cloud: 37%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.07 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.07 In
20:00

SSE
SSE

 4 / 4 mph 42 / 40°F 99% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 80%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.09 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.09 In
23:00

SSE
SSE

 2 / 2 mph 41 / 40°F 99% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 84%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.16 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.16 In
Fri 16
Apr		02:00

N
N

 2 / 2 mph 40 / 40°F 99% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 87%
High level cloud: 73%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.12 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.12 In
05:00

W
W

 2 / 2 mph 40 / 40°F 96% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
88%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
08:00

S
S

 1 / 1 mph 42 / 41°F 92% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 37%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
44%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
11:00

SSE
SSE

 4 / 4 mph 48 / 46°F 86% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
14:00

SSE
SSE

 5 / 5 mph 47 / 44°F 92% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 54%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
74%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
17:00

SSE
SSE

 4 / 5 mph 46 / 43°F 92% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 55%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
20:00

SSE
SSE

 3 / 3 mph 43 / 42°F 99% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 81%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
23:00

SSE
SSE

 2 / 2 mph 42 / 42°F 98% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Wenchuan:

The outlook for Wenchuan in the week ahead shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 11°C, with a high for the week of 16°C expected on the afternoon of Wednesday 21st. The mean minimum temperature will be 3°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Thursday 15th at -2°C. Expect the next week to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain or sleet. The indicators are that Wednesday 15th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 9.0mm. 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