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Copster Hill 14 Day Long Range Forecast

14 Day weather providing an extended long range forecast outlook for Copster Hill

Tameside, United Kingdom

Long range weather outlook for Copster Hill includes 14 day forecast summary:

Over the next 14 days the Copster Hill forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 22°C, with a high for the two weeks of 26°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 12th. The average minimum temperature will be 12°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 12th at 9°C. Expect the following 14 days ahead to have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain. Current predictions suggest Monday 4th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 11.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 03
Aug
18:00

WNW
WNW

11 / 12 mph 67 / 65°F 67% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 25%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
40%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

W
W

4 / 5 mph 62 / 59°F 77% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
48%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 04
Aug
00:00

SW
SW

6 / 9 mph 58 / 58°F 80% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 81%
High level cloud: 38%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
85%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

S
S

5 / 6 mph 58 / 58°F 89% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 84%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

14 / 20 mph 57 / 54°F 91% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 98%
High level cloud: 49%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
09:00

SSW
SSW

16 / 25 mph 60 / 60°F 98% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 69%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
12:00

W
W

23 / 29 mph 61 / 61°F 95% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 90%
Mid level cloud: 26%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
15:00

W
W

21 / 25 mph 66 / 65°F 63% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

19 / 22 mph 62 / 61°F 65% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

W
W

19 / 28 mph 56 / 52°F 68% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 05
Aug
00:00

W
W

22 / 30 mph 55 / 50°F 76% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

W
W

19 / 26 mph 54 / 49°F 80% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

18 / 25 mph 54 / 49°F 79% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 72%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

17 / 20 mph 56 / 52°F 70% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

WNW
WNW

19 / 22 mph 61 / 60°F 67% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 72%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
78%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

W
W

19 / 23 mph 62 / 61°F 69% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
55%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

14 / 16 mph 62 / 61°F 64% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
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

WNW
WNW

8 / 9 mph 58 / 56°F 82% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 06
Aug
00:00

WSW
WSW

5 / 9 mph 52 / 51°F 89% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 37%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SW
SW

5 / 10 mph 50 / 48°F 93% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SW
SW

7 / 11 mph 54 / 52°F 91% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
91%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

W
W

12 / 14 mph 64 / 63°F 65% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
39%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

12 / 13 mph 68 / 67°F 50% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

W
W

9 / 10 mph 73 / 76°F 46% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
26%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

10 / 12 mph 66 / 65°F 61% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
48%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SW
SW

10 / 11 mph 61 / 61°F 63% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 07
Aug
00:00

SW
SW

10 / 14 mph 56 / 54°F 80% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
26%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SSW
SSW

12 / 15 mph 57 / 54°F 71% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SW
SW

12 / 16 mph 58 / 55°F 76% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SW
SW

14 / 16 mph 63 / 62°F 85% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

17 / 19 mph 69 / 67°F 63% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 42%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

W
W

16 / 19 mph 68 / 67°F 57% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

12 / 13 mph 68 / 67°F 59% 1016 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

W
W

6 / 9 mph 59 / 59°F 75% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
12%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 08
Aug
00:00

SW
SW

5 / 9 mph 56 / 55°F 85% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
50%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SW
SW

4 / 7 mph 54 / 54°F 91% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 29%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 88%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SW
SW

5 / 7 mph 57 / 55°F 91% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
38%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

WSW
WSW

10 / 11 mph 63 / 62°F 70% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
38%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

WSW
WSW

9 / 11 mph 71 / 68°F 55% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 59%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
58%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

W
W

9 / 10 mph 74 / 76°F 48% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
50%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

8 / 9 mph 68 / 66°F 61% 1019 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
21:00

SSW
SSW

0 / 1 mph 57 / 57°F 75% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 09
Aug
00:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 3 mph 56 / 56°F 70% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

2 / 3 mph 54 / 54°F 74% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
30%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

0 / 1 mph 57 / 56°F 77% 1019 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
09:00

WSW
WSW

3 / 4 mph 66 / 66°F 61% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 97%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
96%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SW
SW

4 / 4 mph 75 / 76°F 45% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 40%
High level cloud: 58%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SW
SW

4 / 5 mph 79 / 76°F 35% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 59%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
47%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

4 / 4 mph 77 / 76°F 45% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 52%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
53%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

WNW
WNW

3 / 5 mph 61 / 61°F 74% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 10
Aug
00:00

WSW
WSW

5 / 9 mph 62 / 62°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
06:00

WSW
WSW

7 / 12 mph 59 / 58°F 93% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
78%
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

7 / 13 mph 78 / 80°F 52% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

11 / 19 mph 67 / 67°F 55% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
0.0 In
Mon 11
Aug
00:00

WSW
WSW

4 / 8 mph 67 / 67°F 81% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
0.0 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

2 / 4 mph 67 / 67°F 80% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

8 / 14 mph 76 / 78°F 51% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

11 / 19 mph 66 / 66°F 58% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
7%
0.0 In
Tue 12
Aug
00:00

ENE
ENE

0 / 1 mph 56 / 56°F 81% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
32%
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

2 / 3 mph 59 / 61°F 85% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

8 / 16 mph 75 / 77°F 44% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

7 / 12 mph 65 / 65°F 54% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 61%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
61%
0.0 In
Wed 13
Aug
00:00

N
N

2 / 4 mph 66 / 66°F 66% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
18%
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

1 / 2 mph 60 / 60°F 82% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
23%
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

7 / 15 mph 77 / 78°F 49% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
15%
0.0 In
18:00

NW
NW

8 / 13 mph 70 / 70°F 70% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
35%
0.0 In
Thu 14
Aug
00:00

WNW
WNW

3 / 6 mph 68 / 68°F 87% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
0.0 In
06:00

NE
NE

2 / 3 mph 64 / 64°F 88% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 52%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
0.0 In
12:00

WNW
WNW

9 / 17 mph 76 / 78°F 60% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 34%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
0.0 In
18:00

NE
NE

10 / 17 mph 71 / 71°F 61% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 68%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
54%
0.0 In
Fri 15
Aug
00:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 3 mph 71 / 71°F 85% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
0.0 In
06:00

NE
NE

5 / 8 mph 63 / 63°F 91% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 74%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 66%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
88%
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

6 / 13 mph 84 / 87°F 52% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
0.0 In
18:00

ENE
ENE

8 / 15 mph 69 / 69°F 63% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 62%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
0.0 In
Sat 16
Aug
00:00

ENE
ENE

3 / 6 mph 73 / 77°F 77% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
0.0 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

4 / 8 mph 62 / 62°F 80% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 86%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 70%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
0.0 In
12:00

S
S

5 / 10 mph 92 / 94°F 38% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
18:00

ENE
ENE

6 / 10 mph 78 / 79°F 48% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
28%
0.0 In
Sun 17
Aug
00:00

E
E

5 / 11 mph 75 / 78°F 57% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
0.0 In
06:00

ENE
ENE

2 / 3 mph 64 / 64°F 74% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
0.0 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

11 / 23 mph 87 / 87°F 35% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
0.0 In
18:00

N
N

5 / 8 mph 81 / 81°F 43% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
0.0 In
Mon 18
Aug
00:00

E
E

5 / 10 mph 75 / 77°F 43% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

2 / 3 mph 64 / 64°F 64% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
50%
0.0 In
12:00

W
W

9 / 19 mph 78 / 79°F 46% 1007 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

5 / 10 mph 71 / 71°F 67% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
0.0 In

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