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Ardrossan 14 Day Long Range Forecast

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

North Ayrshire, United Kingdom

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

For Ardrossan in the coming two weeks the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 10°C, with a high for the two weeks of 15°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 21st. The mean minimum temperature will be 5°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 18th at 1°C. The coming 14 days will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. The indicators are that Wednesday 26th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 9.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Mon 17
Mar		21:00

ENE
ENE

 12 / 18 mph 39 / 32°F 79% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 18
Mar		00:00

ENE
ENE

 9 / 16 mph 37 / 30°F 85% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 23%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
23%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

ENE
ENE

 10 / 15 mph 36 / 29°F 87% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

 10 / 15 mph 35 / 27°F 86% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

ENE
ENE

 10 / 11 mph 39 / 33°F 68% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

E
E

 8 / 9 mph 47 / 42°F 55% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

ESE
ESE

 7 / 9 mph 50 / 46°F 54% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 8 / 12 mph 48 / 44°F 67% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

E
E

 8 / 12 mph 43 / 39°F 75% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 19
Mar		00:00

ENE
ENE

 7 / 12 mph 39 / 34°F 79% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

ENE
ENE

 7 / 13 mph 37 / 31°F 81% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

 7 / 13 mph 35 / 30°F 82% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
1%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

ENE
ENE

 6 / 7 mph 41 / 37°F 71% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
10%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

E
E

 2 / 2 mph 48 / 48°F 57% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
32%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

W
W

 3 / 4 mph 48 / 48°F 54% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
95%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 4 / 4 mph 49 / 47°F 65% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

S
S

 2 / 3 mph 44 / 44°F 72% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 20
Mar		00:00

SE
SE

 3 / 6 mph 40 / 38°F 73% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
14%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

ESE
ESE

 3 / 6 mph 38 / 36°F 73% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

E
E

 4 / 9 mph 38 / 34°F 74% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
19%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

 3 / 4 mph 45 / 43°F 70% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 45%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 2 / 2 mph 48 / 47°F 72% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 35%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
29%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 2 / 2 mph 50 / 49°F 76% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
55%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 1 / 2 mph 49 / 49°F 85% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

ESE
ESE

 4 / 7 mph 47 / 45°F 87% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 21
Mar		00:00

E
E

 6 / 13 mph 44 / 40°F 88% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 76%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

ENE
ENE

 7 / 14 mph 43 / 38°F 89% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
22%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

 9 / 18 mph 42 / 37°F 91% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

ENE
ENE

 10 / 17 mph 49 / 44°F 82% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 11 / 16 mph 57 / 54°F 69% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 34%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
35%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

ESE
ESE

 12 / 19 mph 59 / 56°F 69% 1008 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
18:00

ESE
ESE

 12 / 23 mph 54 / 50°F 78% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

E
E

 10 / 19 mph 51 / 47°F 85% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 22
Mar		00:00

ENE
ENE

 11 / 19 mph 48 / 43°F 90% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 72%
Mid level cloud: 88%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NE
NE

 10 / 16 mph 47 / 42°F 93% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 73%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 49%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
96%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

 12 / 18 mph 46 / 40°F 93% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 53%
Mid level cloud: 60%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
77%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

NE
NE

 10 / 11 mph 48 / 44°F 94% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 92%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NE
NE

 8 / 9 mph 51 / 47°F 93% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 81%
High level cloud: 60%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NE
NE

 10 / 12 mph 52 / 48°F 92% 1000 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 55%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
89%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NE
NE

 11 / 14 mph 51 / 47°F 92% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 69%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NE
NE

 13 / 18 mph 49 / 44°F 94% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
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
Sun 23
Mar		00:00

NE
NE

 12 / 18 mph 47 / 42°F 93% 1000 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 59%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

ENE
ENE

 10 / 14 mph 46 / 42°F 93% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 59%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

NE
NE

 7 / 11 mph 46 / 42°F 93% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

NNE
NNE

 6 / 9 mph 47 / 44°F 91% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
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
12:00

NNE
NNE

 6 / 10 mph 49 / 46°F 86% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 30%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
70%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NW
NW

 3 / 6 mph 49 / 48°F 85% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 40%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
92%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 6 / 11 mph 49 / 46°F 90% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
76%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

WNW
WNW

 5 / 7 mph 48 / 46°F 94% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
60%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Mon 24
Mar		00:00

W
W

 5 / 8 mph 46 / 43°F 93% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 43%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 42%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
0.0 In
06:00

NE
NE

 9 / 12 mph 45 / 40°F 90% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 59%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
12:00

SW
SW

 7 / 9 mph 48 / 45°F 84% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 53%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
60%
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

 23 / 28 mph 47 / 39°F 68% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
23%
0.0 In
Tue 25
Mar		00:00

SW
SW

 13 / 19 mph 48 / 42°F 97% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

 3 / 4 mph 44 / 43°F 88% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 91%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

 19 / 25 mph 48 / 41°F 87% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 10 / 17 mph 49 / 45°F 98% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 74%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Wed 26
Mar		00:00

WSW
WSW

 8 / 12 mph 49 / 46°F 90% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 81%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
0.0 In
06:00

SW
SW

 10 / 17 mph 45 / 40°F 93% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
64%
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 19 / 22 mph 55 / 50°F 82% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
51%
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 18 / 26 mph 53 / 48°F 89% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 90%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.1 In
Thu 27
Mar		00:00

WSW
WSW

 12 / 24 mph 43 / 36°F 87% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 55%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
82%
0.4 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 18 / 28 mph 41 / 32°F 93% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
12:00

SW
SW

 9 / 13 mph 47 / 42°F 69% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
71%
0.0 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 26 / 47 mph 45 / 36°F 87% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.1 In
Fri 28
Mar		00:00

ENE
ENE

 7 / 10 mph 43 / 38°F 75% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 23 / 45 mph 42 / 33°F 88% 985 mb
Low level cloud: 72%
Mid level cloud: 82%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.3 In
12:00

ENE
ENE

 9 / 13 mph 46 / 41°F 73% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 74%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 33 / 69 mph 45 / 35°F 79% 984 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
91%
0.1 In
Sat 29
Mar		00:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 10 mph 44 / 40°F 85% 1000 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.1 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 23 / 48 mph 42 / 32°F 74% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
56%
0.0 In
12:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 12 mph 45 / 41°F 69% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
73%
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 18 / 38 mph 44 / 37°F 72% 994 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
17%
0.1 In
Sun 30
Mar		00:00

W
W

 6 / 8 mph 45 / 41°F 80% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
0.0 In
06:00

NW
NW

 22 / 46 mph 42 / 32°F 77% 992 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
12:00

S
S

 19 / 26 mph 52 / 46°F 72% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
47%
0.0 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 20 / 43 mph 43 / 34°F 65% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
Mon 31
Mar		00:00

SW
SW

 9 / 17 mph 43 / 37°F 88% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
0.1 In
06:00

NW
NW

 15 / 32 mph 38 / 29°F 66% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
37%
0.0 In
12:00

S
S

 10 / 20 mph 46 / 41°F 80% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 34%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

 12 / 25 mph 43 / 36°F 70% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
20%
0.0 In
Tue 01
Apr		00:00

SSW
SSW

 20 / 33 mph 47 / 40°F 85% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
0.3 In
06:00

SE
SE

 10 / 21 mph 37 / 29°F 73% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 90%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 11 / 19 mph 46 / 40°F 76% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
49%
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 25 / 52 mph 46 / 37°F 95% 985 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.4 In

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