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Thorshavn Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Thorshavn

Faroe Islands

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 06
Mar		00:00

W
W

 15 / 22 mph 42 / 34°F 77% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 58%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
62%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

WSW
WSW

 17 / 27 mph 42 / 33°F 84% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
75%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 13 / 23 mph 41 / 34°F 87% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
55%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
09:00

W
W

 9 / 15 mph 42 / 37°F 84% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 51%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
66%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
12:00

W
W

 8 / 14 mph 43 / 38°F 78% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

 11 / 17 mph 44 / 37°F 78% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 49%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
59%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

W
W

 7 / 11 mph 43 / 38°F 84% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
57%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

W
W

 6 / 9 mph 42 / 39°F 83% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 57%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sun 07
Mar		00:00

WNW
WNW

 2 / 3 mph 42 / 42°F 81% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 23%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 43%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

S
S

 1 / 2 mph 42 / 42°F 83% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 61%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
86%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

SSE
SSE

 5 / 8 mph 41 / 38°F 89% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 67%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
09:00

SE
SE

 11 / 14 mph 42 / 36°F 94% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 98%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
12:00

SE
SE

 8 / 11 mph 43 / 38°F 93% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 57%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
84%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

SE
SE

 2 / 2 mph 44 / 44°F 91% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 86%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

S
S

 2 / 3 mph 44 / 44°F 92% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
25%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

SSE
SSE

 3 / 5 mph 43 / 41°F 92% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
46%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Thorshavn:

Reviewing the forecast for Thorshavn Over the next 7 days and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 5°C, with a high for the week of 8°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 8th. The mean minimum temperature will be 3°C, dipping to its lowest on the afternoon of Thursday 11th at -2°C. The coming week will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain, sleet or snow. It looks like Wednesday 11th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 18.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be fresh. The strongest wind will be experienced on Tuesday evening, coming from a northerly direction, and reaching around 38mph. However, the forecast suggests maximum gusts on Thursday morning.

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Dir

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Speed/
Gust

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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

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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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