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Yellowknife Current Weather

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Yellowknife

Northwest Territories, Canada

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Lat: 59.47 Lon: -135.30 Alt: 16m
Fri 30th October 00:53UTC
6°C / 43°F
Cloudy
16km
100%
79%
1009mb
SSW (11 mph/17 km/h)
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Lat: 59.25 Lon: -135.52 Alt: 5m
Fri 30th October 00:54UTC
6°C / 43°F
Cloudy
16km
100%
73%
1009mb
E (6 mph/9 km/h)
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Lat: 57.50 Lon: -134.58 Alt: 0m
Fri 30th October 00:56UTC
5°C / 41°F
Cloudy
16km
100%
96%
1010mb
Not Available(0 mph/0 km/h)
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Today and Tomorrow Forecast

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Thu 29
Oct		00:00

NW
NW

8 / 14 mph 15 / 4°F 90% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

NW
NW

9 / 17 mph 13 / 1°F 91% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

9 / 16 mph 12 / 0°F 90% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NW
NW

7 / 10 mph 14 / 4°F 93% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 29%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

WNW
WNW

7 / 9 mph 17 / 7°F 85% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

W
W

6 / 9 mph 18 / 9°F 77% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

5 / 8 mph 17 / 9°F 87% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
33%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

W
W

3 / 5 mph 15 / 11°F 88% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
28%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Fri 30
Oct		18:00

ENE
ENE

11 / 14 mph 16 / 3°F 80% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
51%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

ENE
ENE

11 / 14 mph 14 / 1°F 80% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
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 Yellowknife:

The next 2 day outlook for Yellowknife shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -9°C, with a high for the week of -8°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 30th. The mean minimum temperature will be -12°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Sunday 1st at -12°C. Expect the next week to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with snow. The current forecast indicates Saturday 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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Gust

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Feels Like

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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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