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Funchal 14 Day Long Range Forecast

14 Day weather providing an extended long range forecast outlook for Funchal

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Long range weather outlook for Funchal includes 14 day forecast summary:

The outlook for Funchal in the two weeks ahead shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 21°C, with a high for the two weeks of 22°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 9th. The mean minimum temperature will be 16°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Wednesday 30th at 15°C. The fortnight ahead will have mixed weather with some days dry and some seeing a little rain. The current forecast indicates Thursday 1st will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 6.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 30
Apr
18:00

WSW
WSW

15 / 18 mph 66 / 64°F 73% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

WSW
WSW

16 / 20 mph 63 / 63°F 74% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 01
May
00:00

WSW
WSW

16 / 18 mph 62 / 62°F 75% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
6%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

W
W

13 / 16 mph 61 / 61°F 76% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
62%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

13 / 17 mph 60 / 60°F 72% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 42%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
74%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

17 / 23 mph 63 / 62°F 75% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 44%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
59%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

WNW
WNW

19 / 28 mph 65 / 64°F 80% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 68%
Mid level cloud: 42%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
15:00

NW
NW

23 / 30 mph 66 / 65°F 76% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
25%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

18 / 21 mph 65 / 64°F 74% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NW
NW

17 / 22 mph 63 / 63°F 76% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
14%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 02
May
00:00

NW
NW

14 / 18 mph 62 / 62°F 72% 1012 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
03:00

WNW
WNW

13 / 17 mph 61 / 61°F 76% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

9 / 13 mph 61 / 60°F 79% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
15%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

NW
NW

8 / 11 mph 65 / 63°F 72% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

7 / 9 mph 67 / 65°F 72% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NW
NW

11 / 13 mph 68 / 67°F 74% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

11 / 13 mph 67 / 65°F 76% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
45%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

WNW
WNW

9 / 12 mph 64 / 64°F 77% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
29%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 03
May
00:00

WNW
WNW

7 / 8 mph 64 / 64°F 77% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NW
NW

11 / 14 mph 63 / 63°F 79% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
48%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

11 / 13 mph 63 / 63°F 76% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

NW
NW

7 / 8 mph 66 / 64°F 68% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

N
N

8 / 9 mph 69 / 66°F 68% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 45%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
46%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NNW
NNW

4 / 5 mph 69 / 67°F 66% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
79%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

4 / 4 mph 69 / 67°F 69% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 74%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
75%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NW
NW

7 / 8 mph 66 / 66°F 73% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 04
May
00:00

NNW
NNW

5 / 6 mph 65 / 65°F 74% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NW
NW

4 / 6 mph 62 / 62°F 75% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

3 / 4 mph 61 / 61°F 74% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 21%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SSW
SSW

2 / 3 mph 65 / 62°F 70% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 23%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 91%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
33%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SW
SW

2 / 2 mph 67 / 64°F 73% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
34%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NW
NW

4 / 5 mph 67 / 65°F 76% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 43%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
44%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

5 / 6 mph 67 / 65°F 75% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

3 / 3 mph 64 / 64°F 75% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 05
May
00:00

NW
NW

1 / 1 mph 63 / 62°F 76% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

W
W

2 / 2 mph 62 / 62°F 76% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

2 / 2 mph 61 / 61°F 77% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

3 / 4 mph 65 / 63°F 71% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
10%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SE
SE

7 / 8 mph 68 / 65°F 73% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 98%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
25%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SE
SE

8 / 9 mph 69 / 67°F 73% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
38%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 8 mph 68 / 67°F 72% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
7%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

5 / 6 mph 65 / 65°F 77% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 06
May
00:00

SW
SW

4 / 5 mph 63 / 63°F 77% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SSW
SSW

4 / 5 mph 63 / 63°F 77% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SSW
SSW

3 / 4 mph 62 / 62°F 77% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SSE
SSE

6 / 7 mph 66 / 64°F 75% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
23%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSE
SSE

9 / 10 mph 68 / 66°F 71% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SE
SE

9 / 10 mph 70 / 68°F 72% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 61%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
61%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 9 mph 69 / 67°F 74% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 98%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
23%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

S
S

4 / 4 mph 66 / 66°F 80% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 42%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 07
May
00:00

N
N

12 / 25 mph 61 / 61°F 78% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
16%
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

11 / 23 mph 61 / 61°F 82% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
4%
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 22 mph 68 / 68°F 72% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

3 / 7 mph 72 / 72°F 75% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 93%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
0.0 In
Thu 08
May
00:00

SW
SW

6 / 13 mph 64 / 64°F 79% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
0.0 In
06:00

SSW
SSW

6 / 13 mph 63 / 63°F 82% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
79%
0.0 In
12:00

N
N

6 / 13 mph 69 / 69°F 78% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
20%
0.0 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

6 / 13 mph 67 / 67°F 80% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
0.0 In
Fri 09
May
00:00

NNW
NNW

2 / 5 mph 71 / 71°F 78% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
0.0 In
06:00

NW
NW

4 / 8 mph 64 / 64°F 80% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
14%
0.0 In
12:00

ENE
ENE

4 / 8 mph 72 / 76°F 71% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
16%
0.0 In
18:00

S
S

4 / 9 mph 67 / 67°F 78% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
74%
0.0 In
Sat 10
May
00:00

NNW
NNW

7 / 16 mph 65 / 65°F 87% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
0.0 In
06:00

NW
NW

6 / 12 mph 63 / 64°F 83% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
19%
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

7 / 15 mph 69 / 69°F 78% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
10%
0.0 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

1 / 2 mph 74 / 77°F 72% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
17%
0.1 In
Sun 11
May
00:00

NNE
NNE

8 / 16 mph 62 / 62°F 80% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
06:00

NNE
NNE

2 / 5 mph 65 / 65°F 81% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

9 / 18 mph 68 / 68°F 69% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
50%
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

4 / 8 mph 70 / 70°F 81% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
0.0 In
Mon 12
May
00:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 23 mph 61 / 61°F 80% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
0.0 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

7 / 15 mph 62 / 62°F 83% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
20%
0.0 In
12:00

NE
NE

13 / 28 mph 65 / 65°F 73% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
0.0 In
18:00

N
N

9 / 18 mph 66 / 66°F 74% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
0.0 In
Tue 13
May
00:00

N
N

13 / 28 mph 61 / 61°F 84% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

12 / 26 mph 61 / 61°F 80% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 29%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
29%
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

13 / 28 mph 66 / 66°F 71% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
11%
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

12 / 24 mph 65 / 65°F 68% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
1%
0.0 In
Wed 14
May
00:00

N
N

14 / 30 mph 62 / 62°F 81% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 47%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

11 / 23 mph 59 / 60°F 75% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
0.0 In
12:00

N
N

14 / 30 mph 68 / 68°F 74% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 55%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 23 mph 65 / 65°F 70% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
32%
0.0 In
Thu 15
May
00:00

N
N

15 / 31 mph 63 / 63°F 88% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 49%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
62%
0.0 In
06:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 23 mph 60 / 60°F 77% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
4%
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

17 / 36 mph 66 / 66°F 73% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 22 mph 64 / 64°F 71% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 91%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
0.0 In

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