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Alvingham 14 Day Long Range Forecast

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

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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

The forecast for Alvingham in the coming two weeks is predicting the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 14°C, with a high for the two weeks of 18°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 17th. The mean minimum temperature will be 10°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 20th at 6°C. The next 14 days will have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain. The indicators are that Wednesday 15th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 3.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 15
May
18:00

ESE
ESE

7 / 10 mph 59 / 56°F 90% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 83%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
45%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

ESE
ESE

5 / 7 mph 56 / 55°F 96% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 96%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
41%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 16
May
00:00

ESE
ESE

2 / 4 mph 54 / 55°F 95% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 91%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

ENE
ENE

2 / 4 mph 52 / 53°F 96% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 73%
High level cloud: 38%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

5 / 8 mph 55 / 52°F 94% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 35%
Mid level cloud: 52%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
57%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

N
N

10 / 16 mph 54 / 51°F 95% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 89%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

14 / 19 mph 57 / 53°F 88% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 60%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

ENE
ENE

12 / 17 mph 58 / 55°F 82% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NE
NE

11 / 17 mph 54 / 49°F 91% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NNE
NNE

9 / 15 mph 52 / 48°F 94% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 98%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 17
May
00:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 16 mph 52 / 48°F 98% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 76%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

ENE
ENE

4 / 6 mph 51 / 50°F 99% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 12 mph 52 / 49°F 98% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

S
S

9 / 14 mph 57 / 54°F 88% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 24%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

10 / 14 mph 62 / 62°F 75% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 11 mph 65 / 63°F 72% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
63%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

6 / 9 mph 64 / 61°F 83% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
40%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

E
E

3 / 6 mph 55 / 55°F 90% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 18
May
00:00

ENE
ENE

1 / 2 mph 53 / 53°F 88% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

4 / 9 mph 53 / 51°F 91% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 52%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
27%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

7 / 11 mph 54 / 50°F 92% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

NNE
NNE

9 / 12 mph 57 / 55°F 79% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 59%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 14 mph 61 / 59°F 78% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NNE
NNE

12 / 16 mph 59 / 56°F 80% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
66%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

12 / 17 mph 55 / 50°F 87% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
41%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

N
N

9 / 15 mph 50 / 46°F 98% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
81%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 19
May
00:00

NNW
NNW

9 / 15 mph 49 / 46°F 98% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
94%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

N
N

11 / 17 mph 51 / 47°F 96% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
94%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

13 / 19 mph 52 / 46°F 94% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 70%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
70%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

NNE
NNE

15 / 19 mph 57 / 52°F 81% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
35%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

17 / 19 mph 58 / 53°F 80% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NNE
NNE

17 / 21 mph 54 / 48°F 82% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
93%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

15 / 22 mph 51 / 45°F 84% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
22%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NNE
NNE

12 / 19 mph 47 / 42°F 97% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 20
May
00:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 17 mph 46 / 41°F 93% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
41%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NNE
NNE

10 / 17 mph 45 / 40°F 95% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
47%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

NNE
NNE

13 / 19 mph 47 / 41°F 88% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

NNE
NNE

14 / 17 mph 52 / 46°F 73% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

14 / 17 mph 54 / 49°F 67% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NNE
NNE

15 / 19 mph 53 / 48°F 69% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

N
N

13 / 19 mph 50 / 44°F 83% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
85%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

8 / 14 mph 46 / 41°F 98% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 21
May
00:00

NW
NW

5 / 9 mph 48 / 46°F 92% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

2 / 4 mph 49 / 49°F 78% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

NE
NE

3 / 4 mph 50 / 49°F 80% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
26%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

ENE
ENE

8 / 10 mph 55 / 52°F 70% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
31%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

ENE
ENE

12 / 14 mph 57 / 54°F 82% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

E
E

14 / 20 mph 53 / 49°F 82% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

ENE
ENE

12 / 17 mph 52 / 47°F 83% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 66%
Mid level cloud: 98%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NE
NE

10 / 15 mph 51 / 47°F 84% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 22
May
00:00

SW
SW

4 / 7 mph 54 / 54°F 95% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
0.0 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

11 / 16 mph 47 / 42°F 87% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
12:00

NE
NE

13 / 27 mph 53 / 49°F 95% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 60%
High level cloud: 98%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

N
N

12 / 20 mph 50 / 46°F 97% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Thu 23
May
00:00

N
N

8 / 12 mph 52 / 49°F 97% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 46%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

7 / 12 mph 54 / 52°F 92% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
38%
0.0 In
12:00

N
N

22 / 36 mph 52 / 46°F 95% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 62%
Mid level cloud: 61%
High level cloud: 36%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
87%
0.0 In
18:00

NE
NE

13 / 19 mph 58 / 55°F 83% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
3%
0.0 In
Fri 24
May
00:00

NNE
NNE

13 / 23 mph 50 / 45°F 97% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 53%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
57%
0.0 In
06:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 18 mph 52 / 48°F 91% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
16%
0.0 In
12:00

NE
NE

14 / 23 mph 60 / 60°F 81% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
5%
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 16 mph 54 / 51°F 82% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
99%
0.0 In
Sat 25
May
00:00

ENE
ENE

6 / 11 mph 52 / 50°F 97% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 34%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

6 / 10 mph 50 / 48°F 90% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 24%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
0.0 In
12:00

E
E

9 / 15 mph 62 / 62°F 82% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
60%
0.0 In
18:00

ENE
ENE

7 / 10 mph 55 / 53°F 68% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
Sun 26
May
00:00

ENE
ENE

5 / 9 mph 59 / 58°F 93% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

2 / 3 mph 55 / 55°F 75% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
0.0 In
12:00

ENE
ENE

12 / 21 mph 62 / 62°F 83% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
16%
0.0 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

3 / 4 mph 65 / 65°F 77% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 52%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
68%
0.0 In
Mon 27
May
00:00

ENE
ENE

8 / 13 mph 54 / 52°F 94% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 21%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
20%
0.0 In
06:00

NW
NW

6 / 10 mph 51 / 49°F 93% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 68%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
0.0 In
12:00

NE
NE

14 / 24 mph 57 / 54°F 61% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
0.0 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

3 / 5 mph 55 / 55°F 87% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 58%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
0.0 In
Tue 28
May
00:00

NNE
NNE

19 / 32 mph 53 / 48°F 83% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 62%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
66%
0.0 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

7 / 11 mph 51 / 49°F 93% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
12:00

ENE
ENE

16 / 31 mph 55 / 50°F 96% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.3 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

14 / 25 mph 58 / 55°F 69% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
51%
0.1 In
Wed 29
May
00:00

N
N

8 / 17 mph 54 / 52°F 98% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
22%
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

13 / 22 mph 49 / 44°F 83% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 53%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
67%
0.0 In
12:00

NE
NE

13 / 27 mph 61 / 62°F 84% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
29%
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

17 / 30 mph 55 / 51°F 66% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
87%
0.0 In
Thu 30
May
00:00

N
N

6 / 11 mph 55 / 53°F 97% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 65%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

12 / 21 mph 50 / 45°F 86% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
71%
0.0 In
12:00

NNW
NNW

8 / 16 mph 63 / 64°F 85% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

5 / 9 mph 60 / 60°F 71% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
59%
0.0 In

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