Current weather · Sep 20, 6:46 AM PDT

Ladysmith, Canada

12 mi from North Cowichan, Canada

55°

Areas of fogFeels like 53° · Humidity 98%MET Norway forecast for this hourForecast by MET Norway
High
64°
Low
55°
Precip today
0.00 in
Sunrise
6:59 AM
Sunset
7:17 PM

Hour by hour

MET Norway, hourly to about 60 hours, then every six hours

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sun 6 AMAreas of fog55°53°55°98%WSW3 mph98%30.08 inHg
Sun 7 AMAreas of fog55°53°54°97%W3 mph81%30.08 inHg
Sun 8 AMAreas of fog56°54°54°95%NW3 mph88%30.09 inHg
Sun 9 AMAreas of fog57°55°55°92%NNW4 mph78%30.10 inHg
Sun 10 AMAreas of fog58°57°55°88%NNE3 mph69%30.09 inHg
Sun 11 AMAreas of fog60°59°55°83%NE3 mph46%30.10 inHg
Sun 12 PM61°60°55°80%ENE4 mph51%30.10 inHg
Sun 1 PM63°61°56°78%E4 mph43%30.09 inHg
Sun 2 PMAreas of fog63°62°56°77%E5 mph59%30.08 inHg
Sun 3 PMAreas of fog64°62°56°77%E5 mph84%30.07 inHg
Sun 4 PMAreas of fog63°62°56°77%E4 mph70%30.05 inHg
Sun 5 PMAreas of fog63°61°57°81%E4 mph72%30.03 inHg
Sun 6 PMAreas of fog62°60°58°86%ESE3 mph85%30.01 inHg
Sun 7 PMAreas of fog59°57°58°98%SSW2 mph98%30.00 inHg
Sun 8 PMAreas of fog56°55°56°100%SW2 mph99%30.00 inHg
Sun 9 PMAreas of fog56°55°56°100%WSW2 mph99%30.00 inHg
Sun 10 PMAreas of fog56°54°56°100%WSW2 mph100%30.00 inHg
Sun 11 PMAreas of fog56°55°56°99%SW2 mph95%30.00 inHg
Mon 12 AMAreas of fog56°55°56°100%SW2 mph94%29.99 inHg
Mon 1 AMAreas of fog56°54°56°99%SSW2 mph94%29.99 inHg
Mon 2 AMAreas of fog55°54°55°98%SSW2 mph98%29.99 inHg
Mon 3 AMAreas of fog56°54°55°96%SSW3 mph99%29.99 inHg
Mon 4 AMAreas of fog55°53°54°96%SSW4 mph98%29.98 inHg
Mon 5 AMAreas of fog55°53°54°96%SSE3 mph99%29.97 inHg
Mon 6 AMAreas of fog55°53°54°97%SSE2 mph99%29.97 inHg
Mon 7 AMAreas of fog55°53°54°95%SSE3 mph100%29.98 inHg
Mon 8 AM56°55°55°94%SE4 mph98%29.99 inHg
Mon 9 AM58°57°56°91%E4 mph94%29.99 inHg
Mon 10 AM59°57°56°88%E4 mph88%29.99 inHg
Mon 11 AM60°58°56°85%E5 mph77%30.00 inHg
Mon 12 PM61°59°56°85%E6 mph60%30.00 inHg
Mon 1 PMAreas of fog61°60°57°86%E8 mph61%30.00 inHg
Mon 2 PM62°61°58°84%E8 mph49%30.00 inHg
Mon 3 PM63°61°58°83%E7 mph73%29.99 inHg
Mon 4 PM63°62°58°83%ESE7 mph89%29.98 inHg
Mon 5 PM63°62°59°84%ESE7 mph96%29.98 inHg
Mon 6 PM64°62°59°83%SSE6 mph34%29.97 inHg
Mon 7 PM61°60°59°90%S6 mph16%29.97 inHg
Mon 8 PM60°57°57°90%SW6 mph6%29.98 inHg
Mon 9 PM59°56°56°88%SW6 mph3%30.00 inHg
Mon 10 PM58°55°55°90%WSW6 mph2%30.02 inHg
Mon 11 PM56°54°54°91%W5 mph2%30.03 inHg
Tue 12 AM55°52°53°91%W5 mph1%30.03 inHg
Tue 1 AM54°51°52°90%W6 mph2%30.04 inHg
Tue 2 AM54°50°51°90%WSW5 mph8%30.05 inHg
Tue 3 AM54°51°50°85%WSW5 mph13%30.04 inHg
Tue 4 AM54°51°49°84%WSW5 mph17%30.04 inHg
Tue 5 AM54°51°49°84%SW4 mph16%30.05 inHg

The next 16 days

MET Norway forecast updated Sep 20, 6:16 AM PDT to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2064°55°Fogwind 5 mph
  2. MonSep 2163°54°Fogwind 8 mph
  3. TueSep 2265°52°Light rain showers0.07 inwind 13 mph
  4. WedSep 2360°51°Light rain showers0.03 inwind 4 mph
  5. ThuSep 2460°51°Cloudywind 5 mph
  6. FriSep 2560°47°Rain showers0.12 inwind 8 mph
  7. SatSep 2659°52°Mostly clearwind 4 mph
  8. SunSep 2763°54°Clearwind 4 mph
  9. MonSep 2856°53°Heavy rain0.35 inwind 6 mph
  10. TueSep 2959°53°Partly cloudy0.29 inwind 5 mph
  11. WedSep 30~58°52°Model mean0.29 in
  12. ThuOct 1~56°50°Model mean0.23 in
  13. FriOct 2~59°50°Model mean0.01 in
  14. SatOct 3~60°51°Model mean0.22 in
  15. SunOct 4~59°51°Model mean0.22 in
  16. MonOct 5~64°53°Model mean

Right now

MET Norway forecast for this hour
  • Feels like53°
  • WindWSW 3 mph
  • Humidity98%
  • Dew point55°
  • Pressure30.08 inHg
  • UV index0 · Lowclear-sky peak 4 today
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise5:01 PMMoonset —
  • Moon phaseWaxing gibbous66% lit

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 19, 11:00 PM PDT · GFS Sep 19, 11:00 PM PDT · GEFS Sep 19, 11:00 PM PDT · ECMWF Sep 19, 5:00 PM PDT · ECMWF AI Sep 19, 5:00 PM PDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

41°59°77°MonTueWedThuFriSatSun

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2064° 55°70° 50°64° 52°57° 55°59° 55°~63° 49°
Mon Sep 2163° 54°69° 54°63° 54°59° 55°60° 56°~65° 50°
Tue Sep 2265° 52°0.07 in62° 52°58° 53°61° 55°0.01 in~63° 52°0.01 in
Wed Sep 2360° 51°0.03 in58° 50°0.06 in56° 53°0.02 in58° 52°0.02 in~61° 54°0.13 in
Thu Sep 2460° 51°60° 50°0.02 in53° 51°0.07 in60° 52°~56° 50°0.25 in
Fri Sep 2560° 47°0.12 in59° 47°0.05 in53° 51°0.08 in60° 52°0.09 in~60° 52°0.20 in
Sat Sep 2659° 52°56° 44°54° 50°~58° 48°~58° 47°0.02 in
Sun Sep 2763° 54°58° 47°54° 51°0.04 in~61° 54°~59° 49°
Mon Sep 2856° 53°0.35 in59° 49°54° 52°0.06 in~56° 55°0.29 in~58° 49°
Tue Sep 2959° 53°0.29 in52° 50°0.23 in55° 52°0.03 in~58° 52°0.30 in~61° 50°0.02 in
Wed Sep 30~55° 52°0.35 in~57° 50°~61° 53°0.51 in
Thu Oct 1~55° 51°0.38 in~57° 50°0.08 in~55° 48°0.24 in
Fri Oct 2~60° 47°~54° 49°~63° 55°0.02 in
Sat Oct 3~64° 46°~54° 53°0.59 in~62° 54°0.08 in
Sun Oct 4~65° 52°~54° 51°0.67 in~59° 51°
Mon Oct 5~64° 53°

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Eastsound/Orcas Island Airport (ORS) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Mon Oct 5, from MET Norway, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

0°20°40°60°80°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and low

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2066° / 48°84° (1952)32° (1926)no outlookno outlook
Sep 2764° / 48°85° (2003)34° (1916)no outlookno outlook
Oct 461° / 46°75° (1936)31° (2008)no outlookno outlook
Oct 1160° / 44°75° (1984)31° (1930)no outlookno outlook
Oct 1857° / 44°71° (1984)30° (1905)no outlookno outlook
Oct 2555° / 43°69° (1958)26° (1935)no outlookno outlook
Nov 152° / 40°67° (1980)26° (1935)no outlookno outlook
Nov 851° / 40°63° (2008)10° (1955)no outlookno outlook
Nov 1550° / 38°62° (1936)14° (1900)no outlookno outlook
Nov 2248° / 37°64° (1950)4° (1985)no outlookno outlook
Nov 2947° / 36°60° (1941)14° (1956)no outlookno outlook
Dec 647° / 36°60° (2014)12° (1919)no outlookno outlook
Dec 1346° / 37°60° (1980)3° (1964)no outlookno outlook

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayVery goodhumid
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayGoodfog
  • Beach and pooltodayFaircool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoorovercast

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hGoodfog
  • Drivingnext 24 hGoodfog

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayVery goodhumid
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayGoodhumid
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayVery goodhumid
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayVery highwarm
  • TickstodayVery highwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayHighhumid

In words

Written here from the MET Norway forecast
  1. Today64° · NE 2–5 mph

    Fog. High near 18°C. Northeast wind 4 to 8 km/h.

  2. Tonight55° · SSW 2–4 mph

    Fog. Low near 13°C. Southsouthwest wind 3 to 6 km/h.

  3. Monday63° · ESE 2–8 mph

    Fog. High near 17°C. Eastsoutheast wind 4 to 13 km/h.

  4. Monday Night54° · WSW 4–6 mph

    Mostly clear. Low near 12°C. Westsouthwest wind 7 to 10 km/h.

  5. Tuesday65° · SE 2–12 mph

    Light rain showers. High near 19°C. Southeast wind 4 to 20 km/h.

  6. Tuesday Night52° · WSW 3–11 mph

    Light rain. Low near 11°C. Westsouthwest wind 5 to 17 km/h. Precipitation around 1.6 mm.

  7. Wednesday60° · NE 2–3 mph

    Light rain showers. High near 15°C. Northeast wind 4 to 5 km/h. Precipitation around 0.6 mm.

  8. Wednesday Night51° · WSW 2–4 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 11°C. Westsouthwest wind 3 to 6 km/h.

  9. Thursday60° · NNE 3–6 mph

    Cloudy. High near 16°C. Northnortheast wind 5 to 9 km/h.

  10. Thursday Night51° · WSW 2 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 11°C. Westsouthwest wind around 4 km/h.

  11. Friday60° · W 6–7 mph

    Rain showers. High near 15°C. West wind 9 to 12 km/h. Precipitation around 3 mm.

  12. Friday Night47° · W 3–4 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 8°C. West wind 5 to 6 km/h.

  13. Saturday59° · NNE 4–4 mph

    Mostly clear. High near 15°C. Northnortheast wind 6 to 7 km/h.

  14. Saturday Night52° · W 4–4 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 11°C. West wind 6 to 7 km/h.

  15. Sunday63° · ENE 2–4 mph

    Clear. High near 17°C. Eastnortheast wind 4 to 7 km/h.

  16. Sunday Night54° · WSW 2–4 mph

    Rain. Low near 12°C. Westsouthwest wind 4 to 6 km/h. Precipitation around 1.8 mm.

  17. Monday56° · SE 6–6 mph

    Heavy rain. High near 13°C. Southeast wind 9 to 10 km/h. Precipitation around 7 mm.

  18. Monday Night53° · WSW 1–2 mph

    Rain. Low near 12°C. Westsouthwest wind 1 to 4 km/h. Precipitation around 8 mm.

  19. Tuesday59° · NNE 4–5 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 15°C. Northnortheast wind 6 to 8 km/h.

Everything else on the grid

MET Norway · 12 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTue
Pressure min30.00 inHg29.97 inHg30.02 inHg30.07 inHg29.87 inHg29.87 inHg30.04 inHg29.91 inHg29.84 inHg29.81 inHg

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Eastsound/Orcas Island Airport (ORS) · 46 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sun Sep 2064° / 55°65° / 48°84° (1952)37° (1951)
Mon Sep 2163° / 54°66° / 48°83° (1952)38° (1932)
Tue Sep 2265° / 52°67° / 48°84° (1928)36° (1926)
Wed Sep 2360° / 51°66° / 48°78° (1957)34° (1926)
Thu Sep 2460° / 51°66° / 48°77° (1943)32° (1926)
Fri Sep 2560° / 47°66° / 48°78° (1939)35° (1926)
Sat Sep 2659° / 52°66° / 48°78° (2003)36° (1926)
Sun Sep 2763° / 54°66° / 48°83° (2003)36° (1972)
Mon Sep 2856° / 53°66° / 47°85° (2003)37° (1897)
Tue Sep 2959° / 53°65° / 47°75° (1935)37° (1961)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sun6:28 AM6:59 AM7:17 PM7:49 PM12 h 18 min Waxing gibbous · 66% lit
Mon6:29 AM7:01 AM7:15 PM7:46 PM12 h 14 min Waxing gibbous · 76% lit
Tue6:31 AM7:02 AM7:13 PM7:44 PM12 h 11 min Waxing gibbous · 84% lit
Wed6:32 AM7:04 AM7:11 PM7:42 PM12 h 7 min Waxing gibbous · 91% lit
Thu6:33 AM7:05 AM7:08 PM7:40 PM12 h 3 min Waxing gibbous · 96% lit
Fri6:35 AM7:06 AM7:06 PM7:38 PM12 h 0 min Full moon · 99% lit
Sat6:36 AM7:08 AM7:04 PM7:36 PM11 h 56 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun6:38 AM7:09 AM7:02 PM7:34 PM11 h 53 min Waning gibbous · 98% lit
Mon6:39 AM7:11 AM7:00 PM7:31 PM11 h 49 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:41 AM7:12 AM6:58 PM7:29 PM11 h 46 min Waning gibbous · 89% lit

Forecast from MET Norway’s Locationforecast (the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, CC BY 4.0), built on the ECMWF model and refined by MET, updated through the day; the written periods are composed here from its hourly data. Global model lines from NOAA’s GFS and ECMWF’s open data where they are ingested. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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