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Old Burdon 14 Day Long Range Forecast

14 Day weather providing an extended long range forecast outlook for Old Burdon

Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Long range weather outlook for Old Burdon includes 14 day forecast summary:

For Old Burdon in the coming two weeks the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 15°C, with a high for the two weeks of 17°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 27th. The average minimum temperature will be 9°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 21st at 7°C. The fortnight ahead will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. The indicators are that Thursday 23rd will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 30.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate. The strongest wind will be experienced on the morning of Thursday 23rd, coming from a north westerly direction, and reaching around 29mph.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Fri 17
May		21:00

N
N

 6 / 8 mph 58 / 55°F 96% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 18
May		00:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 11 mph 53 / 51°F 97% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 83%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
89%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

 10 / 15 mph 51 / 48°F 96% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 86%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 20 mph 51 / 46°F 94% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 58%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
68%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

N
N

 11 / 19 mph 54 / 50°F 86% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

 10 / 17 mph 57 / 54°F 77% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NNE
NNE

 10 / 15 mph 59 / 56°F 76% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

N
N

 8 / 11 mph 59 / 56°F 83% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

 7 / 10 mph 57 / 54°F 93% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 19
May		00:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 11 mph 54 / 51°F 94% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
12%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 13 mph 51 / 47°F 96% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 49%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
54%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

 9 / 15 mph 50 / 45°F 92% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 39%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
70%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

N
N

 8 / 14 mph 54 / 49°F 83% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
67%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

 9 / 11 mph 58 / 54°F 80% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NNE
NNE

 9 / 10 mph 60 / 57°F 81% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
29%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

 8 / 9 mph 59 / 56°F 86% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NNE
NNE

 5 / 6 mph 56 / 54°F 92% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 20
May		00:00

N
N

 5 / 6 mph 52 / 51°F 92% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 23%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
34%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

N
N

 4 / 6 mph 49 / 48°F 93% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 36%
High level cloud: 73%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
48%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

 5 / 9 mph 48 / 45°F 86% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
84%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

NNE
NNE

 6 / 8 mph 53 / 49°F 79% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
51%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NE
NE

 7 / 8 mph 57 / 55°F 70% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
26%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NE
NE

 8 / 9 mph 60 / 57°F 69% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
19%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NE
NE

 6 / 8 mph 60 / 58°F 64% 1015 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

N
N

 4 / 5 mph 57 / 56°F 73% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 21
May		00:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 10 mph 47 / 44°F 73% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 44%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
15%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NW
NW

 7 / 13 mph 45 / 41°F 70% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
34%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

NW
NW

 7 / 13 mph 47 / 43°F 64% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 55%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
48%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

N
N

 8 / 9 mph 56 / 54°F 61% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 73%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 52%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
94%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

 7 / 8 mph 59 / 57°F 67% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
84%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NE
NE

 6 / 6 mph 60 / 58°F 68% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 7 mph 57 / 55°F 71% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
32%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SW
SW

 4 / 7 mph 54 / 51°F 78% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
23%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 22
May		00:00

SW
SW

 3 / 6 mph 51 / 51°F 85% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
27%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

W
W

 5 / 11 mph 51 / 49°F 80% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 70%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

NW
NW

 5 / 10 mph 50 / 48°F 78% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

N
N

 9 / 19 mph 53 / 48°F 77% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 66%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
69%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

N
N

 11 / 17 mph 56 / 52°F 79% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 68%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
83%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

N
N

 12 / 14 mph 58 / 54°F 85% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 78%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

N
N

 16 / 18 mph 55 / 51°F 97% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 66%
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

N
N

 21 / 25 mph 53 / 47°F 96% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 23
May		00:00

NNW
NNW

 25 / 40 mph 48 / 40°F 95% 1012 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
03:00

NNW
NNW

 28 / 40 mph 47 / 38°F 93% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 85%
High level cloud: 86%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

 29 / 43 mph 46 / 37°F 94% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 98%
High level cloud: 26%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.3 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 In
09:00

NNW
NNW

 29 / 35 mph 48 / 39°F 92% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
12:00

NW
NW

 28 / 33 mph 50 / 42°F 92% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

 22 / 25 mph 51 / 45°F 93% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
18:00

W
W

 23 / 27 mph 50 / 43°F 90% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
21:00

WSW
WSW

 15 / 22 mph 49 / 43°F 91% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
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
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Fri 24
May		00:00

W
W

 7 / 14 mph 52 / 49°F 88% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 33%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
35%
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

 14 / 19 mph 48 / 42°F 79% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
0.0 In
12:00

E
E

 14 / 19 mph 53 / 48°F 82% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
79%
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

 9 / 15 mph 58 / 56°F 82% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
0.0 In
Sat 25
May		00:00

NNE
NNE

 7 / 9 mph 57 / 55°F 93% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
8%
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 4 / 6 mph 56 / 55°F 83% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
45%
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 10 / 14 mph 58 / 56°F 63% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 66%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

SE
SE

 10 / 15 mph 61 / 60°F 76% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
0.0 In
Sun 26
May		00:00

ESE
ESE

 9 / 15 mph 53 / 49°F 89% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 57%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
65%
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

 9 / 13 mph 53 / 50°F 88% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
12%
0.0 In
12:00

E
E

 10 / 14 mph 55 / 53°F 80% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
0.0 In
18:00

SE
SE

 15 / 26 mph 54 / 50°F 78% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 78%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
88%
0.0 In
Mon 27
May		00:00

N
N

 6 / 9 mph 54 / 52°F 87% 1018 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 / 11 mph 52 / 49°F 91% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
0.2 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

 9 / 13 mph 59 / 59°F 70% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
2%
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

 16 / 23 mph 56 / 52°F 73% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
0.1 In
Tue 28
May		00:00

SW
SW

 5 / 7 mph 57 / 57°F 85% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
0.0 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 13 / 19 mph 48 / 42°F 74% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 3 / 4 mph 68 / 68°F 65% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
49%
0.0 In
18:00

E
E

 4 / 6 mph 55 / 54°F 73% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
0.0 In
Wed 29
May		00:00

W
W

 6 / 9 mph 56 / 55°F 92% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 80%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
06:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 8 mph 52 / 50°F 76% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
0.0 In
12:00

SW
SW

 6 / 10 mph 58 / 57°F 55% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
48%
0.0 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 10 / 15 mph 50 / 47°F 86% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 67%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
0.0 In
Thu 30
May		00:00

SSW
SSW

 9 / 14 mph 48 / 44°F 83% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
24%
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

 11 / 17 mph 50 / 46°F 86% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 94%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
15%
0.2 In
12:00

WSW
WSW

 8 / 13 mph 55 / 53°F 77% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
0.1 In
18:00

W
W

 13 / 22 mph 54 / 51°F 71% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
36%
0.0 In
Fri 31
May		00:00

WSW
WSW

 4 / 8 mph 52 / 51°F 80% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
0.0 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 12 / 18 mph 50 / 46°F 80% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
0.0 In
12:00

ENE
ENE

 6 / 12 mph 55 / 53°F 71% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 14 / 23 mph 52 / 48°F 81% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
0.1 In
Sat 01
Jun		00:00

W
W

 7 / 14 mph 51 / 49°F 88% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 40%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
62%
0.1 In
06:00

WSW
WSW

 11 / 18 mph 52 / 48°F 71% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
0.0 In
12:00

N
N

 8 / 17 mph 53 / 50°F 76% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
0.0 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 13 / 23 mph 55 / 52°F 68% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 40%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
15%
0.0 In

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