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Otaru Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Otaru

Japan

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 16
Jan		18:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 12 mph 27 / 17°F 88% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
89%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

 7 / 9 mph 22 / 13°F 84% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
72%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
Sun 17
Jan		00:00

N
N

 3 / 6 mph 17 / 12°F 82% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 49%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
59%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

SSE
SSE

 3 / 4 mph 20 / 16°F 91% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 73%
Mid level cloud: 71%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
06:00

ESE
ESE

 9 / 11 mph 19 / 9°F 95% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 70%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
86%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

 8 / 9 mph 25 / 17°F 93% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 73%
Mid level cloud: 68%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
96%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
12:00

SE
SE

 4 / 5 mph 29 / 24°F 92% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 83%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
15:00

SW
SW

 4 / 5 mph 29 / 24°F 90% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 84%
Mid level cloud: 95%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.07 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.07 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 17 / 19 mph 25 / 11°F 85% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
21:00

WSW
WSW

 18 / 21 mph 21 / 6°F 84% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
48%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In

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The 7 day weather forecast summary for Otaru:

The forecast for Otaru in the coming week is predicting the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -1°C, with a high for the week of 4°C expected on the morning of Saturday 16th. The mean minimum temperature will be -7°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Sunday 17th at -8°C. Expect the next week to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain or snow. The indicators are that Saturday 17th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 10.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate. The strongest wind will be felt on Tuesday morning, coming from a north westerly direction, and reaching around 40mph.

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Day

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Local Time

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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

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Weather

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Pressure