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Edinburgh Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 27
Sep		09:00

E
E

 4 / 4 mph 55 / 54°F 76% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
44%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 8 / 10 mph 59 / 57°F 70% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
53%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

ESE
ESE

 17 / 23 mph 55 / 51°F 87% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 48%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
18:00

SE
SE

 20 / 33 mph 59 / 55°F 86% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 49%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 49%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
70%
Expect 0.06 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.06 In
21:00

SSE
SSE

 18 / 31 mph 57 / 53°F 80% 993 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 76%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.07 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.07 In
Thu 28
Sep		00:00

SSW
SSW

 17 / 27 mph 57 / 53°F 90% 988 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.07 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.07 In
03:00

WSW
WSW

 25 / 41 mph 56 / 50°F 84% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 23 / 33 mph 55 / 49°F 81% 1000 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
91%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

SW
SW

 17 / 19 mph 58 / 54°F 77% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 77%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
40%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 16 / 18 mph 60 / 60°F 68% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 44%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
89%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 15 / 18 mph 62 / 62°F 67% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
58%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 16 / 19 mph 61 / 60°F 74% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

 17 / 19 mph 58 / 55°F 85% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 90%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Edinburgh:

Over the next 7 days the Edinburgh forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 15°C, with a high for the week of 17°C expected on the afternoon of Sunday 1st. The mean minimum temperature will be 10°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Wednesday 4th at 8°C. The week will have most days seeing a little rain. It looks like Saturday 4th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 5.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

The day label given represents the local day relative to the local time for the location you are looking at.
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Day

This time is corrected for local time zones and where possible for daylight saving times.
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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