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Grindelwald 14 Day Long Range Forecast

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

Switzerland

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

Reviewing the forecast for Grindelwald Over the next 14 days and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 2°C, with a high for the two weeks of 5°C expected on the afternoon of Saturday 29th. The average minimum temperature will be -8°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Thursday 27th at -12°C. The coming 14 days will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain or snow. Current predictions suggest Friday 5th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 11.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Thu 27
Nov
22:00

ESE
ESE

1 / 3 mph 12 / 12°F 47% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 28
Nov
01:00

ESE
ESE

1 / 2 mph 13 / 13°F 45% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

ESE
ESE

1 / 2 mph 13 / 13°F 45% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

ESE
ESE

2 / 3 mph 14 / 14°F 46% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
22%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

E
E

1 / 1 mph 25 / 25°F 61% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 2 mph 39 / 38°F 64% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 39%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

W
W

0 / 1 mph 23 / 23°F 72% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

S
S

1 / 2 mph 19 / 19°F 52% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 41%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
28%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSW
SSW

1 / 2 mph 21 / 20°F 61% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 63%
High level cloud: 21%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
63%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 29
Nov
01:00

SW
SW

1 / 1 mph 24 / 24°F 89% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 92%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 5 mph 28 / 25°F 97% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 66%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
93%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

NW
NW

2 / 4 mph 28 / 28°F 99% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 55%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

WNW
WNW

1 / 1 mph 37 / 37°F 96% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 60%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
76%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

1 / 2 mph 41 / 40°F 95% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 46%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
60%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSE
SSE

3 / 5 mph 31 / 28°F 94% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 27%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
44%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

5 / 10 mph 26 / 20°F 90% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 78%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSE
SSE

6 / 13 mph 25 / 18°F 92% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 23%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 30
Nov
01:00

SSE
SSE

6 / 13 mph 24 / 17°F 91% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

SE
SE

5 / 11 mph 23 / 16°F 88% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
40%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SSE
SSE

5 / 10 mph 22 / 15°F 81% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
54%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SSE
SSE

3 / 4 mph 28 / 25°F 80% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 94%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
97%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

1 / 1 mph 36 / 36°F 79% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 76%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
80%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

ESE
ESE

0 / 1 mph 28 / 28°F 90% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

ESE
ESE

2 / 3 mph 20 / 20°F 86% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

WSW
WSW

1 / 1 mph 27 / 27°F 92% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 25%
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
Mon 01
Dec
01:00

NNW
NNW

2 / 2 mph 30 / 29°F 97% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 26%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
04:00

ESE
ESE

1 / 3 mph 19 / 19°F 94% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 79%
High level cloud: 45%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SE
SE

2 / 3 mph 18 / 19°F 92% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 36%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SE
SE

0 / 1 mph 32 / 32°F 87% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSE
SSE

1 / 1 mph 36 / 35°F 90% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
33%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSE
SSE

4 / 7 mph 22 / 18°F 95% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 17 mph 20 / 10°F 92% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSE
SSE

9 / 19 mph 20 / 9°F 90% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 02
Dec
01:00

SSE
SSE

10 / 20 mph 20 / 9°F 90% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

SSE
SSE

9 / 19 mph 20 / 10°F 90% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 16 mph 20 / 10°F 89% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 41%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
22%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SSE
SSE

6 / 12 mph 26 / 19°F 92% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
34%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSE
SSE

3 / 4 mph 38 / 35°F 97% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 46%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 79%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
63%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSE
SSE

5 / 6 mph 30 / 25°F 93% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 25%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SE
SE

7 / 15 mph 22 / 13°F 91% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
29%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 15 mph 22 / 14°F 90% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 71%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 03
Dec
01:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 14 mph 21 / 12°F 90% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 16 mph 19 / 9°F 90% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
26%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 17 mph 20 / 10°F 90% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 9 mph 30 / 23°F 90% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSE
SSE

4 / 5 mph 37 / 33°F 93% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
34%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSE
SSE

5 / 6 mph 30 / 24°F 94% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 35%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 84%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
55%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

6 / 13 mph 19 / 11°F 91% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSE
SSE

5 / 10 mph 20 / 13°F 90% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
81%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Thu 04
Dec
01:00

SSE
SSE

5 / 11 mph 18 / 11°F 91% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
46%
0.0 In
07:00

SSE
SSE

6 / 12 mph 20 / 12°F 90% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 98%
High level cloud: 90%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

1 / 2 mph 37 / 37°F 88% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
0.0 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

9 / 17 mph 26 / 16°F 90% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 76%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
Fri 05
Dec
01:00

SSE
SSE

12 / 25 mph 20 / 8°F 90% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
07:00

SSE
SSE

9 / 19 mph 18 / 7°F 89% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 91%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
81%
0.0 In
13:00

SSE
SSE

4 / 5 mph 35 / 32°F 84% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
0.0 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

9 / 19 mph 23 / 13°F 87% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 79%
High level cloud: 74%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
99%
0.0 In
Sat 06
Dec
01:00

SSE
SSE

10 / 21 mph 25 / 14°F 90% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
0.0 In
07:00

S
S

6 / 13 mph 25 / 18°F 90% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 63%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.3 In
13:00

WNW
WNW

6 / 8 mph 37 / 33°F 99% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 52%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
96%
0.3 In
19:00

SSW
SSW

4 / 8 mph 20 / 15°F 85% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
28%
0.1 In
Sun 07
Dec
01:00

SW
SW

1 / 3 mph 16 / 16°F 90% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
0.1 In
07:00

SW
SW

3 / 6 mph 20 / 16°F 91% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 54%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
0.1 In
13:00

NW
NW

5 / 9 mph 30 / 24°F 89% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
0.1 In
19:00

SSW
SSW

5 / 11 mph 19 / 12°F 88% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
64%
0.0 In
Mon 08
Dec
01:00

SE
SE

2 / 5 mph 13 / 9°F 69% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
07:00

SW
SW

4 / 9 mph 17 / 11°F 90% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
0.1 In
13:00

SSE
SSE

3 / 4 mph 34 / 31°F 65% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
19:00

SW
SW

3 / 6 mph 21 / 17°F 84% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 58%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
62%
0.0 In
Tue 09
Dec
01:00

SSE
SSE

3 / 5 mph 16 / 13°F 54% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
0.0 In
07:00

SSW
SSW

2 / 5 mph 13 / 10°F 87% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
26%
0.2 In
13:00

NW
NW

3 / 4 mph 38 / 37°F 75% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
19:00

SE
SE

9 / 20 mph 16 / 4°F 80% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 58%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
62%
0.0 In
Wed 10
Dec
01:00

SSE
SSE

5 / 10 mph 19 / 12°F 65% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 62%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
49%
0.0 In
07:00

WSW
WSW

4 / 7 mph 20 / 15°F 91% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
0.0 In
13:00

SSE
SSE

4 / 8 mph 32 / 28°F 83% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 77%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
0.0 In
19:00

NW
NW

2 / 4 mph 18 / 15°F 94% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 49%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
64%
0.1 In
Thu 11
Dec
01:00

SSE
SSE

3 / 6 mph 22 / 19°F 83% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 96%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
30%
0.1 In
07:00

SSW
SSW

2 / 5 mph 27 / 24°F 64% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 82%
High level cloud: 72%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
85%
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

1 / 2 mph 37 / 37°F 89% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
68%
0.0 In
19:00

SSW
SSW

4 / 7 mph 33 / 29°F 98% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 36%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
86%
0.5 In
Fri 12
Dec
01:00

SE
SE

4 / 9 mph 18 / 11°F 85% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 39%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
49%
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

4 / 7 mph 35 / 31°F 98% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 80%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.6 In
13:00

N
N

1 / 1 mph 37 / 37°F 80% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
31%
0.0 In
19:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 4 mph 21 / 18°F 95% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
0.3 In

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