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Cape Town Current Weather

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Cape Town

South Africa

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Name:
Cape Town, Cape Town International Airport
Langebaanweg
George, George Airport
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Weather:
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Lat: -33.98 Lon: 18.60 Alt: 42m
Sat 30th September 08:38UTC
14°C / 57°F
Mostly cloudy
10km
75%
82%
1018mb
W (11 mph/17 km/h)
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Lat: -32.97 Lon: 18.17 Alt: 31m
Sat 30th September 08:00UTC
14°C / 57°F
Partly cloudy
Not Available
50%
88%
1017mb
W (4 mph/6 km/h)
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Lat: -34.00 Lon: 22.38 Alt: 193m
Sat 30th September 08:34UTC
13°C / 55°F
Light Rain
4km
75%
82%
1014mb
W (16 mph/26 km/h)
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Today and Tomorrow Forecast

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 30
Sep		08:00

W
W

11 / 15 mph 59 / 56°F 86% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 51%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
79%
Expect 0.10 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.10 In
11:00

WSW
WSW

12 / 16 mph 62 / 61°F 62% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 56%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
46%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
14:00

SW
SW

12 / 14 mph 65 / 63°F 52% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
17:00

SSW
SSW

11 / 13 mph 64 / 62°F 53% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
20:00

SSE
SSE

6 / 7 mph 61 / 61°F 63% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
23:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 12 mph 56 / 54°F 69% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sun 01
Oct		02:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 13 mph 54 / 52°F 72% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
05:00

SE
SE

6 / 11 mph 53 / 51°F 74% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
08:00

ESE
ESE

5 / 7 mph 56 / 54°F 66% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
11:00

ESE
ESE

2 / 3 mph 66 / 64°F 44% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
14:00

SSW
SSW

3 / 4 mph 71 / 69°F 37% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
17:00

SSW
SSW

4 / 5 mph 71 / 69°F 42% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
1%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
20:00

SSE
SSE

3 / 4 mph 68 / 69°F 59% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
23:00

SSE
SSE

3 / 7 mph 59 / 59°F 58% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
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 Town:

Over the next 2 days the Cape Town forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 22°C, with a high for the week of 27°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 2nd. The mean minimum temperature will be 13°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Sunday 1st at 10°C. The week will have mostly dry days although Saturday 30th and Thursday 05th are likely to see a significant amount of rain. The current forecast indicates Saturday 1st will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 11.0mm. 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