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Nelson Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Nelson

New Zealand

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 25
Mar		18:00

SW
SW

 0 / 0 mph 65 / 62°F 80% 1026 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
21:00

SE
SE

 5 / 9 mph 58 / 58°F 77% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 85%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 26
Mar		00:00

SSE
SSE

 5 / 8 mph 58 / 57°F 81% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 62%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
63%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SE
SE

 5 / 7 mph 57 / 56°F 82% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
53%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SE
SE

 5 / 8 mph 56 / 55°F 84% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
45%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SE
SE

 3 / 4 mph 58 / 58°F 93% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 93%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
77%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 5 / 6 mph 60 / 60°F 92% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
15:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 8 mph 61 / 61°F 94% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 98%
High level cloud: 80%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.4 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.4 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 5 / 6 mph 60 / 60°F 94% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 94%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.4 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.4 In
21:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 7 mph 58 / 57°F 94% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Nelson:

The outlook for Nelson in the week ahead shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 20°C, with a high for the week of 24°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 30th. The mean minimum temperature will be 12°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Wednesday 1st at 6°C. The week will have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain. Predictions are Thursday 1st will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 34.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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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