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Blacksburg 14 Day Long Range Forecast

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

Virginia, United States Of America

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

Reviewing the forecast for Blacksburg Over the next 14 days and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 26°C, with a high for the two weeks of 31°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 27th. The average minimum temperature will be 13°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Saturday 25th at 9°C. The fortnight ahead will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. The current forecast indicates Saturday 18th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 23.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Fri 17
May
01:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 5 mph 55 / 56°F 94% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

WNW
WNW

1 / 3 mph 53 / 53°F 96% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SE
SE

1 / 2 mph 62 / 59°F 86% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
19%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SE
SE

3 / 4 mph 71 / 68°F 67% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
64%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

2 / 3 mph 71 / 68°F 86% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 94%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
58%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
16:00

E
E

3 / 4 mph 69 / 66°F 93% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
58%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
19:00

ESE
ESE

2 / 3 mph 68 / 65°F 96% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 62%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
52%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

E
E

3 / 4 mph 62 / 62°F 98% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 68%
Mid level cloud: 83%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 18
May
19:00

E
E

6 / 12 mph 61 / 61°F 99% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.3 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 In
22:00

E
E

4 / 6 mph 60 / 60°F 99% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
Sun 19
May
01:00

E
E

3 / 4 mph 58 / 59°F 99% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 94%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

ENE
ENE

2 / 3 mph 57 / 59°F 99% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

E
E

2 / 3 mph 58 / 59°F 99% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 93%
Mid level cloud: 72%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

E
E

4 / 5 mph 60 / 59°F 94% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

E
E

5 / 5 mph 67 / 65°F 73% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
93%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

E
E

6 / 6 mph 73 / 69°F 63% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 26%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
46%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

ESE
ESE

4 / 7 mph 64 / 61°F 87% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
41%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SE
SE

2 / 4 mph 55 / 57°F 97% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 45%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 20
May
01:00

SE
SE

1 / 1 mph 53 / 53°F 98% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 68%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

WSW
WSW

2 / 3 mph 54 / 54°F 95% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 51%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
51%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

W
W

1 / 1 mph 60 / 58°F 89% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
27%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

E
E

3 / 4 mph 72 / 69°F 54% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

ESE
ESE

3 / 4 mph 79 / 77°F 41% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
15%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SE
SE

3 / 4 mph 79 / 77°F 41% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SE
SE

5 / 9 mph 68 / 65°F 81% 1016 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
22:00

SSW
SSW

2 / 4 mph 57 / 58°F 96% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
33%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 21
May
01:00

SSW
SSW

1 / 2 mph 55 / 55°F 96% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 35%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

SW
SW

2 / 4 mph 53 / 53°F 97% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SW
SW

2 / 4 mph 61 / 60°F 90% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SSW
SSW

3 / 3 mph 77 / 77°F 56% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

2 / 2 mph 85 / 81°F 38% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

S
S

2 / 3 mph 85 / 81°F 36% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
22%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

5 / 10 mph 72 / 69°F 78% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

S
S

3 / 7 mph 62 / 62°F 94% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 45%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 22
May
01:00

SSW
SSW

3 / 6 mph 60 / 60°F 95% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 29%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
33%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

SSW
SSW

3 / 6 mph 58 / 59°F 97% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
38%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

WSW
WSW

3 / 4 mph 66 / 64°F 86% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SW
SW

3 / 4 mph 80 / 79°F 56% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

6 / 7 mph 87 / 83°F 41% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSW
SSW

7 / 8 mph 86 / 84°F 43% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 54%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SSW
SSW

8 / 13 mph 74 / 76°F 74% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 74%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSW
SSW

5 / 10 mph 67 / 67°F 84% 1013 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
Thu 23
May
01:00

WSW
WSW

5 / 10 mph 62 / 62°F 94% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

WSW
WSW

5 / 11 mph 61 / 61°F 94% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
47%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

4 / 7 mph 65 / 64°F 87% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 64%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

W
W

8 / 9 mph 69 / 69°F 74% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 97%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

WNW
WNW

9 / 10 mph 70 / 69°F 79% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 67%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

WNW
WNW

6 / 9 mph 66 / 63°F 92% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 57%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
74%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

WNW
WNW

4 / 6 mph 64 / 61°F 92% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 17%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 82%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
27%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

WNW
WNW

4 / 9 mph 57 / 57°F 95% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 34%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
35%
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
01:00

N
N

2 / 5 mph 60 / 60°F 73% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 4 mph 62 / 62°F 65% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

6 / 12 mph 82 / 82°F 43% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
19%
0.0 In
19:00

SSW
SSW

1 / 2 mph 67 / 67°F 91% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 42%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
49%
0.0 In
Sat 25
May
01:00

WSW
WSW

3 / 6 mph 61 / 61°F 80% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
0.0 In
07:00

W
W

3 / 6 mph 62 / 62°F 73% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
0.0 In
13:00

WNW
WNW

5 / 10 mph 81 / 81°F 37% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
19:00

SE
SE

6 / 13 mph 60 / 60°F 66% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
Sun 26
May
01:00

S
S

3 / 5 mph 58 / 59°F 95% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 23%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
0.0 In
07:00

S
S

3 / 6 mph 58 / 59°F 72% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 36%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
0.0 In
13:00

WSW
WSW

9 / 18 mph 81 / 81°F 41% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
45%
0.0 In
19:00

SSW
SSW

9 / 18 mph 68 / 68°F 73% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
0.0 In
Mon 27
May
01:00

SW
SW

1 / 2 mph 61 / 61°F 93% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
72%
0.0 In
07:00

WSW
WSW

4 / 9 mph 64 / 64°F 87% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

10 / 21 mph 85 / 85°F 38% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
25%
0.0 In
19:00

WNW
WNW

6 / 13 mph 66 / 66°F 93% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
46%
0.1 In
Tue 28
May
01:00

SSW
SSW

3 / 7 mph 65 / 65°F 92% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 59%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
0.0 In
07:00

W
W

3 / 7 mph 65 / 65°F 97% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 59%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 67%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
70%
0.0 In
13:00

WSW
WSW

11 / 24 mph 75 / 78°F 64% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 76%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
28%
0.0 In
19:00

NNW
NNW

3 / 6 mph 66 / 66°F 95% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
37%
0.1 In
Wed 29
May
01:00

WNW
WNW

5 / 11 mph 60 / 60°F 97% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 54%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
0.1 In
07:00

NW
NW

2 / 4 mph 65 / 65°F 96% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
0.1 In
13:00

WNW
WNW

10 / 20 mph 79 / 79°F 35% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
0.0 In
19:00

WSW
WSW

2 / 4 mph 64 / 64°F 97% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 43%
Mid level cloud: 48%
High level cloud: 98%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
71%
0.2 In
Thu 30
May
01:00

WSW
WSW

2 / 4 mph 62 / 62°F 88% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 5 mph 61 / 61°F 96% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 51%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 48%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
62%
0.0 In
13:00

WSW
WSW

7 / 15 mph 85 / 83°F 29% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 63%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
22%
0.0 In
19:00

W
W

5 / 11 mph 63 / 63°F 96% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 33%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
0.2 In
Fri 31
May
01:00

WSW
WSW

2 / 3 mph 65 / 65°F 99% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.3 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

7 / 15 mph 58 / 57°F 79% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
13%
0.1 In
13:00

E
E

4 / 9 mph 69 / 69°F 69% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 38%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
89%
0.0 In
19:00

WNW
WNW

8 / 17 mph 59 / 57°F 85% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
23%
0.0 In
Sat 01
Jun
01:00

SE
SE

4 / 8 mph 61 / 61°F 94% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 46%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
55%
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

6 / 13 mph 50 / 47°F 86% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 46%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
47%
0.0 In
13:00

S
S

5 / 11 mph 65 / 65°F 76% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 80%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 98%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
19:00

NW
NW

9 / 18 mph 56 / 53°F 72% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
45%
0.0 In

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