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Luray 14 Day Long Range Forecast

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

Virginia, United States Of America

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

For Luray in the coming two weeks the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 27°C, with a high for the two weeks of 33°C expected on the afternoon of Wednesday 22nd. The average minimum temperature will be 13°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Saturday 25th at 8°C. The next 14 days 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 18.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

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

SSE
SSE

2 / 4 mph 55 / 55°F 94% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 33%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
61%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

SE
SE

1 / 2 mph 53 / 53°F 98% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SSE
SSE

2 / 2 mph 64 / 63°F 91% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

S
S

2 / 3 mph 74 / 76°F 70% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 59%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 45%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
75%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SE
SE

2 / 3 mph 75 / 76°F 81% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 45%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
72%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SE
SE

2 / 4 mph 70 / 67°F 97% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 34%
Mid level cloud: 57%
High level cloud: 53%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
60%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
19:00

ESE
ESE

2 / 3 mph 68 / 66°F 99% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 57%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSE
SSE

2 / 3 mph 64 / 64°F 100% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 76%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
Sat 18
May
19:00

E
E

3 / 3 mph 62 / 62°F 99% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 76%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

E
E

2 / 3 mph 60 / 60°F 99% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 54%
High level cloud: 68%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 19
May
01:00

E
E

2 / 2 mph 58 / 59°F 99% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 69%
High level cloud: 9%
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 / 58°F 99% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 72%
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

ENE
ENE

2 / 2 mph 58 / 59°F 99% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 61%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

E
E

2 / 2 mph 60 / 60°F 97% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 90%
Mid level cloud: 80%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

N
N

1 / 2 mph 65 / 65°F 84% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 91%
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

NE
NE

3 / 3 mph 71 / 70°F 69% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 94%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

NE
NE

3 / 5 mph 65 / 63°F 84% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
70%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

NW
NW

1 / 1 mph 57 / 57°F 92% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
29%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 20
May
01:00

W
W

1 / 3 mph 56 / 56°F 94% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

N
N

1 / 1 mph 52 / 52°F 95% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

W
W

1 / 1 mph 65 / 62°F 86% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 17%
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

ENE
ENE

3 / 4 mph 79 / 77°F 59% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 54%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

ESE
ESE

4 / 4 mph 76 / 78°F 54% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 52%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
95%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

S
S

3 / 4 mph 79 / 78°F 58% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SE
SE

3 / 6 mph 67 / 64°F 83% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

S
S

3 / 5 mph 59 / 60°F 93% 1017 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
Tue 21
May
01:00

SSW
SSW

3 / 7 mph 56 / 57°F 95% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

SW
SW

4 / 9 mph 54 / 54°F 96% 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

SSW
SSW

4 / 5 mph 67 / 65°F 80% 1017 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
10:00

SSW
SSW

4 / 5 mph 82 / 80°F 52% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

4 / 4 mph 88 / 85°F 39% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

S
S

3 / 4 mph 89 / 85°F 39% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
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

SSE
SSE

4 / 8 mph 73 / 69°F 78% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

SSE
SSE

4 / 9 mph 63 / 63°F 83% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 22
May
01:00

SSW
SSW

5 / 10 mph 59 / 59°F 91% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

SSW
SSW

5 / 11 mph 58 / 58°F 94% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

SW
SW

6 / 7 mph 73 / 76°F 76% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SW
SW

5 / 6 mph 87 / 86°F 51% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

7 / 8 mph 91 / 91°F 40% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
18%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSW
SSW

9 / 10 mph 91 / 91°F 41% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
31%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

4 / 10 mph 77 / 77°F 72% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 57%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
27%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

S
S

5 / 10 mph 68 / 68°F 80% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 23
May
01:00

SW
SW

7 / 15 mph 66 / 66°F 81% 1011 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

SW
SW

6 / 13 mph 63 / 63°F 90% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
33%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

WSW
WSW

4 / 8 mph 69 / 68°F 85% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 64%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 72%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
82%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

W
W

4 / 5 mph 73 / 69°F 94% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

7 / 8 mph 78 / 80°F 65% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 86%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

WNW
WNW

10 / 12 mph 81 / 80°F 51% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

NW
NW

5 / 11 mph 68 / 65°F 61% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

NW
NW

5 / 11 mph 59 / 59°F 61% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
17%
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

4 / 8 mph 58 / 58°F 74% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 21%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
21%
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

3 / 7 mph 66 / 66°F 63% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

7 / 15 mph 86 / 84°F 31% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
19:00

ESE
ESE

3 / 7 mph 71 / 71°F 81% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
23%
0.0 In
Sat 25
May
01:00

WNW
WNW

1 / 2 mph 63 / 63°F 78% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

3 / 6 mph 66 / 66°F 71% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
13:00

NNW
NNW

4 / 8 mph 81 / 80°F 33% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
0.0 In
19:00

E
E

4 / 8 mph 58 / 58°F 69% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
0.0 In
Sun 26
May
01:00

S
S

5 / 10 mph 54 / 53°F 88% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
07:00

SSW
SSW

4 / 8 mph 60 / 60°F 58% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
7%
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

9 / 18 mph 87 / 88°F 39% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 69%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
48%
0.0 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

4 / 9 mph 67 / 67°F 73% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 25%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
0.0 In
Mon 27
May
01:00

SW
SW

6 / 12 mph 60 / 60°F 96% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
31%
0.1 In
07:00

SW
SW

7 / 14 mph 68 / 68°F 80% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
0.0 In
13:00

SW
SW

10 / 20 mph 87 / 89°F 48% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
44%
0.1 In
19:00

WSW
WSW

6 / 12 mph 67 / 67°F 88% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 35%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
36%
0.0 In
Tue 28
May
01:00

SW
SW

6 / 13 mph 64 / 64°F 84% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 85%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
27%
0.0 In
07:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 4 mph 71 / 71°F 89% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
6%
0.0 In
13:00

WSW
WSW

12 / 26 mph 85 / 88°F 50% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 48%
High level cloud: 92%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
51%
0.0 In
19:00

N
N

2 / 4 mph 67 / 67°F 94% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 81%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
62%
0.2 In
Wed 29
May
01:00

WSW
WSW

4 / 8 mph 60 / 60°F 93% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
27%
0.0 In
07:00

NNE
NNE

4 / 8 mph 65 / 65°F 98% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 52%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
0.4 In
13:00

WNW
WNW

13 / 28 mph 84 / 82°F 32% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
42%
0.0 In
19:00

NNE
NNE

4 / 8 mph 62 / 62°F 99% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.3 In
Thu 30
May
01:00

WSW
WSW

4 / 9 mph 60 / 60°F 85% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
0.0 In
07:00

WSW
WSW

1 / 3 mph 64 / 64°F 95% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 96%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
0.3 In
13:00

WSW
WSW

1 / 2 mph 87 / 89°F 45% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 59%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
59%
0.0 In
19:00

SSW
SSW

5 / 10 mph 63 / 62°F 94% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 33%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
48%
0.3 In
Fri 31
May
01:00

NE
NE

3 / 7 mph 62 / 62°F 99% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 92%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.8 In
07:00

WSW
WSW

4 / 9 mph 62 / 62°F 92% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
7%
0.2 In
13:00

NE
NE

6 / 13 mph 74 / 77°F 51% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
0.1 In
19:00

WSW
WSW

5 / 11 mph 59 / 59°F 86% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
27%
0.0 In
Sat 01
Jun
01:00

SE
SE

3 / 6 mph 54 / 55°F 87% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
0.0 In
07:00

WSW
WSW

4 / 8 mph 54 / 53°F 80% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 55%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
71%
0.0 In
13:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 15 mph 73 / 76°F 43% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 67%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
18%
0.0 In
19:00

WNW
WNW

4 / 9 mph 56 / 56°F 73% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
21%
0.0 In

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