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Cranston 14 Day Long Range Forecast

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

Rhode Island, United States Of America

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

Over the next 14 days the Cranston forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 15°C, with a high for the two weeks of 22°C expected on the afternoon of Sunday 19th. The average minimum temperature will be 8°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 21st at 4°C. The fortnight ahead will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. The current forecast indicates Monday 13th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 25.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 12
Oct		01:00

NE
NE

 6 / 10 mph 54 / 52°F 87% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 61%
High level cloud: 59%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
75%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

NE
NE

 9 / 17 mph 54 / 51°F 88% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
35%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

NE
NE

 11 / 19 mph 55 / 51°F 76% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

NE
NE

 13 / 16 mph 57 / 54°F 83% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 77%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

NE
NE

 15 / 17 mph 58 / 55°F 93% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 58%
High level cloud: 78%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

NE
NE

 16 / 22 mph 58 / 54°F 96% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 52%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.3 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 In
19:00

NE
NE

 17 / 25 mph 57 / 53°F 96% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 57%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.3 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 In
22:00

NE
NE

 18 / 26 mph 57 / 53°F 96% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 66%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.4 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.4 In
Mon 13
Oct		22:00

NE
NE

 15 / 20 mph 56 / 53°F 96% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 72%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
Tue 14
Oct		01:00

NE
NE

 15 / 27 mph 53 / 49°F 96% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

NNE
NNE

 14 / 25 mph 52 / 48°F 96% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 66%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

NNE
NNE

 13 / 23 mph 52 / 48°F 96% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 83%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

NNE
NNE

 12 / 15 mph 54 / 51°F 95% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
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
13:00

NNE
NNE

 11 / 13 mph 56 / 53°F 92% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

NNE
NNE

 10 / 12 mph 56 / 54°F 85% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 66%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

N
N

 7 / 8 mph 56 / 55°F 81% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

N
N

 5 / 7 mph 55 / 54°F 77% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 29%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 15
Oct		01:00

NNW
NNW

 3 / 5 mph 52 / 52°F 82% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

NNW
NNW

 4 / 7 mph 50 / 49°F 94% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

NW
NW

 4 / 6 mph 52 / 51°F 87% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 12 mph 65 / 64°F 55% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

NNW
NNW

 14 / 16 mph 65 / 64°F 42% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

N
N

 11 / 13 mph 59 / 56°F 47% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 14 mph 49 / 45°F 54% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

NNW
NNW

 9 / 12 mph 46 / 42°F 60% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 16
Oct		01:00

NNW
NNW

 9 / 11 mph 45 / 40°F 64% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 13 mph 43 / 37°F 61% 1014 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
07:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 15 mph 42 / 35°F 61% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

N
N

 12 / 14 mph 50 / 45°F 46% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

N
N

 12 / 14 mph 55 / 51°F 39% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

N
N

 9 / 11 mph 55 / 52°F 45% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

NNW
NNW

 9 / 15 mph 48 / 44°F 51% 1015 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
22:00

NNW
NNW

 9 / 11 mph 46 / 42°F 55% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 17
Oct		01:00

NNW
NNW

 7 / 10 mph 44 / 40°F 61% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
1%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

NNW
NNW

 7 / 12 mph 41 / 36°F 60% 1016 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
07:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 10 mph 41 / 37°F 59% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

NNE
NNE

 10 / 11 mph 53 / 50°F 45% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

N
N

 8 / 9 mph 59 / 57°F 41% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

N
N

 5 / 6 mph 59 / 58°F 47% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

NNW
NNW

 2 / 2 mph 56 / 58°F 62% 1017 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
22:00

NW
NW

 4 / 8 mph 46 / 45°F 64% 1017 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
Sat 18
Oct		01:00

NW
NW

 4 / 8 mph 44 / 42°F 58% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

NW
NW

 3 / 7 mph 42 / 40°F 60% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

NW
NW

 2 / 4 mph 43 / 43°F 58% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

W
W

 3 / 3 mph 58 / 58°F 38% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

W
W

 5 / 6 mph 61 / 59°F 36% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 72%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
49%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

WSW
WSW

 2 / 3 mph 59 / 60°F 47% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 86%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
89%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

WSW
WSW

 4 / 8 mph 53 / 53°F 54% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 59%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
59%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

WSW
WSW

 4 / 9 mph 51 / 50°F 58% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 73%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
33%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 19
Oct		01:00

ENE
ENE

 1 / 1 mph 56 / 56°F 84% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

 2 / 4 mph 54 / 54°F 78% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
0.0 In
13:00

S
S

 6 / 8 mph 64 / 64°F 51% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 97%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
19:00

E
E

 6 / 10 mph 62 / 62°F 81% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
72%
0.0 In
Mon 20
Oct		01:00

SE
SE

 1 / 2 mph 60 / 60°F 72% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
07:00

S
S

 14 / 29 mph 58 / 55°F 97% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 88%
High level cloud: 85%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

 12 / 21 mph 62 / 62°F 54% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 48%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
0.0 In
19:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 25 mph 60 / 60°F 98% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 86%
High level cloud: 94%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Tue 21
Oct		01:00

WNW
WNW

 9 / 15 mph 46 / 42°F 75% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
39%
0.0 In
07:00

SW
SW

 3 / 6 mph 60 / 60°F 93% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
2.1 In
13:00

NW
NW

 10 / 17 mph 49 / 45°F 58% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 90%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
94%
0.0 In
19:00

SW
SW

 2 / 5 mph 60 / 60°F 84% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
48%
0.0 In
Wed 22
Oct		01:00

NW
NW

 9 / 15 mph 46 / 42°F 75% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
35%
0.0 In
07:00

NNE
NNE

 6 / 13 mph 56 / 55°F 88% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
13:00

WNW
WNW

 10 / 17 mph 60 / 60°F 45% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
0.0 In
19:00

NNE
NNE

 11 / 23 mph 58 / 55°F 91% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.1 In
Thu 23
Oct		01:00

WNW
WNW

 10 / 17 mph 49 / 44°F 72% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
15%
0.0 In
07:00

NE
NE

 3 / 7 mph 55 / 55°F 93% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 80%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
86%
0.1 In
13:00

N
N

 9 / 15 mph 66 / 66°F 50% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
19:00

NNW
NNW

 7 / 15 mph 60 / 60°F 94% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Fri 24
Oct		01:00

N
N

 4 / 8 mph 55 / 54°F 83% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
5%
0.0 In
07:00

NNW
NNW

 6 / 13 mph 58 / 56°F 95% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
13:00

N
N

 2 / 3 mph 71 / 71°F 48% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
19:00

NW
NW

 7 / 14 mph 62 / 62°F 92% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 57%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
Sat 25
Oct		01:00

SSW
SSW

 2 / 4 mph 58 / 60°F 90% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
18%
0.0 In
07:00

NW
NW

 8 / 17 mph 58 / 57°F 88% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
14%
0.0 In
13:00

S
S

 9 / 15 mph 67 / 67°F 63% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 39%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
45%
0.0 In
19:00

NNW
NNW

 4 / 9 mph 61 / 61°F 77% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 99%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
98%
0.0 In
Sun 26
Oct		01:00

S
S

 6 / 11 mph 64 / 64°F 97% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
0.1 In
07:00

ENE
ENE

 1 / 1 mph 60 / 60°F 86% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
0.0 In
13:00

NW
NW

 12 / 21 mph 69 / 69°F 38% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
0.0 In
19:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 10 mph 66 / 66°F 85% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 62%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
0.0 In
Mon 27
Oct		01:00

WNW
WNW

 4 / 7 mph 58 / 58°F 77% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
0.0 In
07:00

SSW
SSW

 10 / 20 mph 59 / 57°F 92% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 83%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.1 In
13:00

SW
SW

 8 / 14 mph 71 / 71°F 48% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
21%
0.0 In
19:00

NW
NW

 4 / 9 mph 64 / 64°F 89% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
3%
0.5 In

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