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West Branch Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for West Branch

Iowa, United States Of America

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Tue 20
May		15:00

W
W

 9 / 17 mph 64 / 62°F 91% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 64%
High level cloud: 47%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
76%
Expect 0.33 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.33 In
18:00

W
W

 10 / 15 mph 63 / 63°F 89% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
21:00

W
W

 12 / 18 mph 55 / 51°F 93% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 69%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
84%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
Wed 21
May		00:00

WSW
WSW

 11 / 15 mph 53 / 50°F 94% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

W
W

 9 / 14 mph 53 / 49°F 97% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 71%
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

NW
NW

 13 / 19 mph 49 / 44°F 95% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 68%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
09:00

NW
NW

 12 / 17 mph 49 / 44°F 92% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
12:00

NW
NW

 14 / 19 mph 50 / 45°F 86% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

NW
NW

 14 / 18 mph 52 / 47°F 82% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NW
NW

 11 / 16 mph 51 / 46°F 84% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NW
NW

 9 / 13 mph 48 / 44°F 84% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
79%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for West Branch:

Taking a look at West Branch over the coming week and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 15°C, with a high for the week of 22°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 20th. The average minimum temperature will be 9°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 23rd at 6°C. Expect the next week to have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain. Predictions are Tuesday 23rd will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 36.0mm. 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