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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
Tue 22
Sep		15:00

N
N

 12 / 15 mph 44 / 38°F 91% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.09 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.09 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 13 / 15 mph 44 / 37°F 81% 993 mb
Low level cloud: 66%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
86%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
21:00

WNW
WNW

 8 / 9 mph 42 / 38°F 83% 994 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
Wed 23
Sep		00:00

W
W

 10 / 14 mph 43 / 37°F 78% 995 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
03:00

W
W

 10 / 18 mph 42 / 36°F 71% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
6%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

W
W

 6 / 10 mph 41 / 38°F 65% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

SSW
SSW

 11 / 19 mph 43 / 37°F 67% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
79%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 19 / 34 mph 45 / 37°F 68% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 53%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 22 / 36 mph 46 / 37°F 72% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
18:00

S
S

 19 / 35 mph 45 / 37°F 75% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 55%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

 18 / 36 mph 43 / 36°F 77% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 49%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Thorshavn:

For Thorshavn in the coming week the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 10°C, with a high for the week of 14°C expected on the afternoon of Sunday 27th. The mean minimum temperature will be 6°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Saturday 26th at 4°C. Expect the week ahead to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain or sleet. Current predictions suggest Tuesday 26th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 15.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be fresh. The strongest wind will be felt on Thursday evening, coming from a northerly direction, and reaching around 26mph. However, the maximum wind gusts are forecast for Friday morning.

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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