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Cape Breton Current Weather

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Cape Breton

Nova Scotia, Canada

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Lat: 46.55 Lon: -61.05 Alt: 13m
Fri 01st July 04:00UTC
13°C / 56°F
Partly cloudy
Not Available
50%
92%
Not Available
SE (1 mph/2 km/h)
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Lat: 46.17 Lon: -60.05 Alt: 56m
Fri 01st July 04:00UTC
12°C / 54°F
Mostly cloudy
16km
75%
100%
1015mb
W (7 mph/11 km/h)
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Lat: 46.82 Lon: -60.67 Alt: 439m
Fri 01st July 04:00UTC
14°C / 57°F
Partly cloudy
Not Available
50%
82%
Not Available
WNW (4 mph/7 km/h)
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Today and Tomorrow Forecast

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Fri 01
Jul		00:00

WNW
WNW

3 / 5 mph 59 / 59°F 91% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 96%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

NW
NW

4 / 6 mph 57 / 57°F 93% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 87%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NW
NW

4 / 7 mph 56 / 56°F 93% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

5 / 9 mph 63 / 61°F 69% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

W
W

6 / 9 mph 71 / 68°F 53% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

6 / 10 mph 72 / 68°F 53% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

5 / 9 mph 71 / 68°F 54% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

3 / 5 mph 66 / 64°F 75% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 73%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
73%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sat 02
Jul		00:00

S
S

4 / 7 mph 62 / 62°F 89% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
47%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

SSW
SSW

5 / 8 mph 60 / 60°F 92% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 62%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
61%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
06:00

SSW
SSW

7 / 11 mph 58 / 58°F 95% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 53%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

SSW
SSW

10 / 16 mph 62 / 60°F 88% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
52%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

9 / 15 mph 62 / 62°F 91% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
90%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

SW
SW

13 / 20 mph 74 / 76°F 65% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
71%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

10 / 16 mph 62 / 62°F 95% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
21:00

SW
SW

9 / 16 mph 62 / 62°F 98% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In

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The 2 day current weather summary for Cape Breton:

Over the next 2 days the Cape Breton forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 23°C, with a high for the week of 24°C expected on the afternoon of Saturday 2nd. The mean minimum temperature will be 15°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 1st at 10°C. The coming week will have mostly dry days although Wednesday is likely to see a significant amount of rain. Current predictions suggest Sunday 1st will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 1.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Dir

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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