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Norman Wells 14 Day Long Range Forecast

14 Day weather providing an extended long range forecast outlook for Norman Wells

Northwest Territories, Canada

Long range weather outlook for Norman Wells includes 14 day forecast summary:

Over the next 14 days the Norman Wells forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 11°C, with a high for the two weeks of 20°C expected on the evening of Thursday 9th. The average minimum temperature will be 2°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 6th at 0°C. The coming 14 days will have mixed weather with some days dry and some seeing a little rain. Current predictions suggest Wednesday 8th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 7.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 04
May		00:00

NE
NE

 3 / 6 mph 30 / 27°F 97% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

E
E

 3 / 6 mph 29 / 26°F 97% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
45%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

ESE
ESE

 4 / 9 mph 30 / 25°F 96% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

 7 / 14 mph 39 / 34°F 78% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SE
SE

 6 / 7 mph 52 / 48°F 65% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SE
SE

 8 / 9 mph 58 / 55°F 64% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 69%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SE
SE

 5 / 7 mph 58 / 58°F 72% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 16 mph 45 / 41°F 94% 1000 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
31%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 05
May		21:00

NW
NW

 8 / 9 mph 35 / 29°F 90% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 06
May		00:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 9 mph 32 / 25°F 93% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 90%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 8 mph 31 / 25°F 92% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 29%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 8 mph 32 / 25°F 92% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

 8 / 9 mph 34 / 27°F 87% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
96%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

 7 / 8 mph 37 / 31°F 80% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

 6 / 7 mph 41 / 37°F 74% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 8 mph 41 / 36°F 76% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
96%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NW
NW

 6 / 7 mph 38 / 33°F 81% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
94%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 07
May		00:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 7 mph 33 / 28°F 91% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 6 mph 33 / 29°F 91% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 5 mph 33 / 29°F 92% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

 1 / 2 mph 36 / 36°F 89% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SE
SE

 5 / 6 mph 44 / 41°F 78% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 86%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SE
SE

 9 / 11 mph 55 / 51°F 64% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 30%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 10 / 12 mph 60 / 59°F 56% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
77%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

E
E

 2 / 3 mph 52 / 51°F 71% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
50%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 08
May		00:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 8 mph 39 / 35°F 91% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

WNW
WNW

 6 / 8 mph 37 / 33°F 93% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 9 mph 37 / 31°F 96% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

 6 / 8 mph 36 / 31°F 97% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
12:00

NW
NW

 6 / 7 mph 44 / 40°F 84% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 63%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NW
NW

 5 / 6 mph 55 / 53°F 67% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
34%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 5 mph 59 / 58°F 50% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
27%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SSE
SSE

 2 / 2 mph 57 / 55°F 54% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 82%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 09
May		00:00

N
N

 2 / 3 mph 44 / 44°F 66% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

WNW
WNW

 6 / 13 mph 40 / 36°F 79% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

NW
NW

 5 / 10 mph 36 / 32°F 91% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

W
W

 2 / 2 mph 49 / 48°F 64% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSE
SSE

 3 / 3 mph 59 / 58°F 44% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

N
N

 1 / 1 mph 66 / 64°F 29% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 38%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 4 / 4 mph 68 / 65°F 28% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 88%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
32%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SE
SE

 4 / 7 mph 61 / 59°F 39% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 10
May		00:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 12 mph 50 / 48°F 52% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

E
E

 3 / 7 mph 46 / 45°F 56% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 26%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
26%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

 2 / 5 mph 44 / 43°F 62% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

 1 / 1 mph 57 / 56°F 49% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
19%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 8 mph 64 / 62°F 40% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 53%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
33%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NW
NW

 9 / 11 mph 67 / 65°F 38% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
44%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 9 mph 67 / 65°F 29% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 29%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
45%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

N
N

 5 / 5 mph 63 / 60°F 40% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 11
May		00:00

NW
NW

 4 / 9 mph 42 / 40°F 69% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
44%
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 11 / 13 mph 38 / 30°F 96% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 62%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

 12 / 14 mph 36 / 28°F 76% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

 6 / 7 mph 44 / 40°F 89% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 67%
High level cloud: 21%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Sun 12
May		00:00

S
S

 3 / 6 mph 41 / 39°F 72% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
0.0 In
06:00

E
E

 6 / 12 mph 33 / 28°F 73% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

 3 / 4 mph 43 / 42°F 56% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
93%
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

 1 / 1 mph 39 / 39°F 96% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Mon 13
May		00:00

NNW
NNW

 2 / 3 mph 36 / 35°F 85% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
06:00

E
E

 6 / 12 mph 33 / 28°F 93% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 68%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
74%
0.0 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 11 / 14 mph 46 / 40°F 56% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 16 mph 53 / 49°F 55% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 88%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
62%
0.0 In
Tue 14
May		00:00

E
E

 8 / 15 mph 37 / 31°F 68% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 72%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
88%
0.0 In
06:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 25 mph 41 / 33°F 73% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
20%
0.0 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 15 mph 46 / 41°F 73% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 84%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

SE
SE

 17 / 20 mph 61 / 61°F 46% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
6%
0.0 In
Wed 15
May		00:00

E
E

 10 / 20 mph 43 / 37°F 63% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
0.0 In
06:00

NNE
NNE

 1 / 2 mph 41 / 41°F 82% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
0.0 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 14 / 16 mph 55 / 51°F 37% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
31%
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 12 / 15 mph 49 / 44°F 68% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 63%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
0.0 In
Thu 16
May		00:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 21 mph 43 / 37°F 48% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 9 / 11 mph 41 / 35°F 85% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 65%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
12:00

SE
SE

 18 / 22 mph 54 / 49°F 51% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 5 mph 53 / 52°F 53% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 68%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
0.0 In
Fri 17
May		00:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 20 mph 49 / 45°F 66% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
15%
0.0 In
06:00

ESE
ESE

 7 / 13 mph 37 / 32°F 69% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 94%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
48%
0.0 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 10 / 12 mph 60 / 60°F 43% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 10 / 12 mph 54 / 52°F 60% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
Sat 18
May		00:00

ENE
ENE

 4 / 9 mph 54 / 53°F 57% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
18%
0.0 In
06:00

E
E

 2 / 4 mph 38 / 38°F 92% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
53%
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

 2 / 2 mph 69 / 69°F 38% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 26%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

 9 / 10 mph 55 / 53°F 65% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 78%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Sun 19
May		00:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 7 mph 51 / 49°F 89% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.7 In
06:00

NW
NW

 3 / 6 mph 39 / 38°F 91% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
24%
0.1 In
12:00

NW
NW

 6 / 8 mph 62 / 62°F 52% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
0.0 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 2 / 3 mph 65 / 65°F 38% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
0.0 In

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