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Cranston Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Cranston

Rhode Island, United States Of America

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 03
Dec		16:00

NE
NE

 11 / 13 mph 46 / 41°F 94% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 95%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.10 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.10 In
19:00

ENE
ENE

 10 / 12 mph 46 / 41°F 92% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.06 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.06 In
22:00

NE
NE

 5 / 7 mph 45 / 43°F 95% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Mon 04
Dec		01:00

WSW
WSW

 3 / 4 mph 45 / 44°F 97% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
04:00

WSW
WSW

 6 / 9 mph 43 / 40°F 95% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
07:00

WSW
WSW

 5 / 9 mph 45 / 42°F 84% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

W
W

 8 / 9 mph 50 / 46°F 69% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

WSW
WSW

 9 / 10 mph 51 / 48°F 60% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 28%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

WNW
WNW

 6 / 8 mph 49 / 46°F 68% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
19:00

W
W

 4 / 6 mph 46 / 44°F 74% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
22:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 6 mph 44 / 42°F 79% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 46%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
92%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Cranston:

The next 7 day outlook for Cranston shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 7°C, with a high for the week of 11°C expected on the afternoon of Saturday 9th. The mean minimum temperature will be 3°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Thursday 7th at -2°C. The coming week will have mostly dry days although Sunday 03rd and Wednesday 06th are likely to see a significant amount of rain or snow. Current predictions suggest Sunday 7th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 14.0mm. 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