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Amherst Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Amherst

Massachusetts, United States Of America

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Mon 24
Feb		13:00

S
S

 7 / 9 mph 37 / 31°F 94% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 55%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
68%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

S
S

 10 / 16 mph 37 / 30°F 88% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
22%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

S
S

 10 / 18 mph 34 / 26°F 84% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
35%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

S
S

 8 / 14 mph 32 / 26°F 86% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 25
Feb		01:00

S
S

 6 / 13 mph 29 / 23°F 94% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

S
S

 4 / 9 mph 28 / 23°F 97% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
44%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

S
S

 3 / 7 mph 29 / 26°F 98% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 85%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
73%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SSE
SSE

 3 / 4 mph 38 / 36°F 96% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 40%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

 3 / 3 mph 43 / 42°F 92% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 57%
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
16:00

SSE
SSE

 2 / 4 mph 39 / 38°F 100% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
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
19:00

SW
SW

 2 / 4 mph 34 / 34°F 100% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
22:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 7 mph 34 / 31°F 96% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 80%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Amherst:

Taking a look at Amherst over the coming week and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 2°C, with a high for the week of 6°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 25th. The mean minimum temperature will be -7°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 24th at -14°C. Expect the week ahead to have mixed weather with some days dry and some seeing a little rain, sleet or snow. Current predictions suggest Saturday 24th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 5.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image – it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure