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Edinburgh Current Weather

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Lat: 55.95 Lon: -3.35 Alt: 41m
Sun 03rd December 21:20UTC
1°C / 34°F
Light Rain
9km
100%
100%
1008mb
SSW (4 mph/6 km/h)
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Lat: 56.38 Lon: -2.87 Alt: 12m
Sun 03rd December 20:50UTC
2°C / 36°F
Rain
6km
100%
100%
1008mb
NNE (12 mph/19 km/h)
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Lat: 56.45 Lon: -3.02 Alt: 4m
Sun 03rd December 20:50UTC
2°C / 36°F
Light Rain And Snow
10km
75%
93%
1008mb
NNE (8 mph/13 km/h)
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Today and Tomorrow Forecast

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 03
Dec		18:00

N
N

8 / 9 mph 36 / 29°F 98% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 52%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
21:00

N
N

6 / 9 mph 35 / 29°F 97% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 52%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
Mon 04
Dec		00:00

NNE
NNE

4 / 6 mph 36 / 32°F 96% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
03:00

NE
NE

5 / 9 mph 34 / 30°F 91% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 70%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
71%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NE
NE

7 / 15 mph 35 / 29°F 88% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

ENE
ENE

17 / 26 mph 41 / 33°F 81% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
12:00

ENE
ENE

20 / 26 mph 42 / 33°F 87% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
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
15:00

ENE
ENE

21 / 27 mph 41 / 32°F 87% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
18:00

NE
NE

22 / 28 mph 41 / 31°F 92% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.07 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.07 In
21:00

NE
NE

21 / 27 mph 40 / 30°F 96% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.18 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.18 In

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The 2 day current weather summary for Edinburgh:

The next 2 day outlook for Edinburgh shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 4°C, with a high for the week of 5°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 4th. The mean minimum temperature will be 0°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Sunday 3rd at 0°C. The coming week will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain, sleet or snow. The indicators are that Tuesday 3rd will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 15.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be fresh.

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