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Hirnant 14 Day Long Range Forecast

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

Powys, United Kingdom

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

Reviewing the forecast for Hirnant Over the next 14 days and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 7°C, with a high for the two weeks of 10°C expected on the afternoon of Sunday 14th. The mean minimum temperature will be 3°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Wednesday 17th at 0°C. The coming 14 days will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. The indicators are that Monday 15th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 26.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 14
Dec		21:00

SSW
SSW

 17 / 25 mph 49 / 43°F 89% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 68%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
Mon 15
Dec		00:00

SSW
SSW

 16 / 22 mph 50 / 45°F 90% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 58%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.3 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 In
03:00

SSW
SSW

 12 / 17 mph 50 / 45°F 91% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 60%
High level cloud: 98%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
06:00

NNE
NNE

 2 / 3 mph 47 / 47°F 98% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 80%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
09:00

N
N

 2 / 3 mph 46 / 47°F 98% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

 4 / 5 mph 46 / 44°F 96% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
15:00

NNE
NNE

 4 / 4 mph 45 / 43°F 94% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
18:00

N
N

 4 / 4 mph 44 / 42°F 96% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 88%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
21:00

N
N

 6 / 7 mph 42 / 38°F 96% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
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
Tue 16
Dec		00:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 9 mph 40 / 34°F 96% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 81%
High level cloud: 95%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 7 mph 39 / 35°F 91% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 51%
Mid level cloud: 66%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
75%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 6 mph 37 / 34°F 95% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 29%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

 3 / 6 mph 38 / 36°F 92% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 51%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
64%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

 6 / 7 mph 44 / 40°F 87% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 73%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
40%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

 3 / 5 mph 41 / 39°F 89% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 3 / 6 mph 36 / 34°F 93% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SW
SW

 4 / 8 mph 34 / 31°F 94% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 17
Dec		00:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 9 mph 33 / 29°F 93% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 1%
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

SSW
SSW

 5 / 11 mph 32 / 28°F 94% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 49%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
51%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

 6 / 12 mph 33 / 28°F 93% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
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
09:00

SSW
SSW

 11 / 17 mph 40 / 34°F 88% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
65%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 14 / 19 mph 44 / 37°F 87% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 55%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 15 / 23 mph 44 / 37°F 87% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 60%
Mid level cloud: 77%
High level cloud: 92%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 13 / 20 mph 45 / 39°F 88% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 56%
High level cloud: 54%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

 13 / 19 mph 46 / 40°F 91% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 94%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
Thu 18
Dec		00:00

SSW
SSW

 10 / 17 mph 46 / 41°F 93% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
03:00

S
S

 4 / 7 mph 45 / 43°F 96% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 98%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SE
SE

 5 / 8 mph 44 / 42°F 99% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 85%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
09:00

SSE
SSE

 12 / 17 mph 46 / 41°F 95% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 83%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
12:00

SSE
SSE

 21 / 24 mph 49 / 42°F 93% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 58%
High level cloud: 62%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
15:00

S
S

 22 / 26 mph 50 / 43°F 89% 993 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 70%
High level cloud: 70%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
18:00

SW
SW

 13 / 15 mph 49 / 44°F 92% 995 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 95%
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

SSW
SSW

 13 / 16 mph 47 / 41°F 86% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 53%
High level cloud: 46%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 19
Dec		00:00

SW
SW

 12 / 17 mph 44 / 38°F 85% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 63%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
70%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

W
W

 18 / 24 mph 40 / 31°F 85% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 57%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
60%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 13 / 21 mph 38 / 29°F 82% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

WSW
WSW

 12 / 19 mph 38 / 30°F 83% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 9%
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

WSW
WSW

 13 / 17 mph 42 / 35°F 75% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
6%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

WSW
WSW

 11 / 17 mph 41 / 34°F 77% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
13%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 9 / 16 mph 38 / 31°F 86% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 18%
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

SSW
SSW

 9 / 15 mph 39 / 33°F 88% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 80%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
87%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 20
Dec		00:00

SSW
SSW

 10 / 18 mph 41 / 34°F 87% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 73%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
93%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SSW
SSW

 13 / 28 mph 39 / 31°F 89% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 78%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SSW
SSW

 13 / 28 mph 38 / 29°F 89% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 95%
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

 13 / 26 mph 41 / 33°F 87% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 68%
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

S
S

 15 / 23 mph 44 / 37°F 87% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

S
S

 16 / 18 mph 46 / 39°F 90% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 50%
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

SSW
SSW

 10 / 13 mph 44 / 39°F 93% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 69%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
21:00

WSW
WSW

 6 / 7 mph 42 / 38°F 95% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 60%
High level cloud: 62%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 21
Dec		00:00

WSW
WSW

 13 / 23 mph 45 / 38°F 87% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
13%
0.0 In
06:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 10 mph 39 / 35°F 95% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
84%
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

 1 / 1 mph 44 / 44°F 80% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
26%
0.0 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 7 mph 41 / 38°F 94% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 74%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Mon 22
Dec		00:00

WNW
WNW

 12 / 18 mph 42 / 36°F 83% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 86%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
92%
0.0 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

 3 / 7 mph 36 / 33°F 86% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
40%
0.0 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 11 / 15 mph 43 / 37°F 98% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 94%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 5 / 8 mph 42 / 38°F 93% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Tue 23
Dec		00:00

ESE
ESE

 3 / 4 mph 39 / 37°F 97% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 28%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 10 / 19 mph 36 / 29°F 89% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 52%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 93%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
0.0 In
12:00

ENE
ENE

 3 / 4 mph 40 / 39°F 97% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 39%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 8 / 12 mph 42 / 37°F 91% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 80%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
75%
0.0 In
Wed 24
Dec		00:00

N
N

 4 / 8 mph 37 / 33°F 98% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
54%
0.0 In
06:00

NW
NW

 13 / 28 mph 33 / 23°F 79% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
0.0 In
12:00

NE
NE

 5 / 7 mph 43 / 41°F 79% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
0.0 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 7 mph 43 / 40°F 91% 1031 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 52%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
0.0 In
Thu 25
Dec		00:00

E
E

 0 / 0 mph 35 / 35°F 96% 1034 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 15 / 31 mph 40 / 32°F 90% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
92%
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

 2 / 2 mph 43 / 43°F 78% 1033 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
50%
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 6 / 10 mph 47 / 45°F 98% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Fri 26
Dec		00:00

E
E

 2 / 4 mph 39 / 38°F 98% 1034 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 12 / 22 mph 48 / 43°F 95% 1029 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

 2 / 3 mph 41 / 41°F 85% 1033 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 12 / 19 mph 51 / 47°F 96% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 77%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Sat 27
Dec		00:00

NNE
NNE

 9 / 19 mph 34 / 27°F 94% 1035 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 56%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.1 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 11 / 19 mph 38 / 30°F 83% 1038 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
15%
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

 9 / 14 mph 38 / 31°F 85% 1040 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

 7 / 12 mph 42 / 37°F 89% 1043 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 73%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
27%
0.0 In
Sun 28
Dec		00:00

NNE
NNE

 4 / 8 mph 35 / 31°F 85% 1039 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
57%
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 14 / 24 mph 42 / 35°F 88% 1037 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
0.0 In
12:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 8 mph 37 / 32°F 81% 1035 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 39%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
92%
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

 15 / 24 mph 49 / 43°F 95% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 62%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Mon 29
Dec		00:00

W
W

 4 / 6 mph 38 / 35°F 91% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 11 / 20 mph 47 / 41°F 90% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

 5 / 7 mph 42 / 39°F 98% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 64%
High level cloud: 42%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.1 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 11 / 18 mph 49 / 44°F 88% 1030 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
85%
0.0 In

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