Shazikou, China

1. Fri5 PM66°12 mph
2. 6 PM66°12 mph
3. 7 PM66°11 mph
4. 8 PM65°10 mph
5. 9 PM66°9 mph
6. 10 PM66°9 mph
7. 11 PM66°9 mph
8. Sat12 AM65°9 mph
9. 1 AM64°8 mph
10. 2 AM64°8 mph
11. 3 AM63°8 mph
12. 4 AM63°8 mph
13. 5 AM62°8 mph
14. 6 AM62°7 mph
15. 7 AM64°6 mph
16. 8 AM68°6 mph
17. 9 AM72°5 mph
18. 10 AM75°5 mph
19. 11 AM77°5 mph
20. 12 PM78°6 mph
21. 1 PM78°7 mph
22. 2 PM78°8 mph
23. 3 PM77°8 mph
24. 4 PM76°6 mph
25. 5 PM75°5 mph
26. 6 PM71°4 mph
27. 7 PM69°3 mph
28. 8 PM68°2 mph
29. 9 PM66°3 mph
30. 10 PM66°3 mph
31. 11 PM64°3 mph
32. Sun12 AM63°3 mph
33. 1 AM62°3 mph
34. 2 AM61°5 mph
35. 3 AM61°5 mph
36. 4 AM60°5 mph
37. 5 AM60°4 mph
38. 6 AM59°4 mph
39. 7 AM62°3 mph
40. 8 AM70°3 mph
41. 9 AM76°3 mph
42. 10 AM78°4 mph
43. 11 AM80°5 mph
44. 12 PM80°7 mph
45. 1 PM80°7 mph
46. 2 PM80°6 mph
47. 3 PM80°5 mph
48. 4 PM79°6 mph

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1. TodaySep 2566°62°Cloudy—wind 12 mph
2. SatSep 2678°60°Fog—wind 9 mph
3. SunSep 2780°67°Fog—wind 7 mph
4. MonSep 2874°64°Fog—wind 11 mph
5. TueSep 2977°68°Partly cloudy—wind 7 mph
6. WedSep 3079°55°Clear—0.02 inwind 10 mph
7. ThuOct 174°55°Clear—wind 6 mph
8. FriOct 272°63°Partly cloudy—wind 5 mph
9. SatOct 369°58°Partly cloudy—0.02 inwind 10 mph
10. SunOct 469°56°Clear—wind 11 mph
11. MonOct 5~70°65°Model mean0.03 in
12. TueOct 6~71°66°Model mean0.02 in
13. WedOct 7~71°68°Model mean
14. ThuOct 8~72°70°Model mean0.01 in
15. FriOct 9~71°68°Model mean0.12 in
16. SatOct 10~69°65°Model mean0.28 in

• Feels like64°
• WindE 12 mph
• Humidity89%
• Dew point63°
• Pressure29.92 inHg
• UV index0 · Lowclear-sky peak 6 Saturday
• Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset
• Moonrise5:00 PMMoonset 4:01 AM
• Moon phaseWaxing gibbous98% lit

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.

NWS gridGFSGEFS ± spreadECMWFECMWF AI

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

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

10 daysTemperature plume

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.

The sun is down, so each rating says which span it is for: tomorrow’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated poor.

The last night runs past the end of the forecast and is rated on the hours it covers.

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture; seeing is not rated. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

• Sat 9 AM to 7 PM 10 hours, every hour within the rules
• Sun 10 AM to 6 PM 8 hours, every hour within the rules
• Mon 2 PM to 8 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
• Tue 2 PM to Wed 2 AM 12 hours, every hour within the rules
• Wed 8 AM to Fri 8 PM 60 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
• Sat 8 AM to Sun 2 PM 30 hours, every hour within the rules
• Sun 8 PM to 10 PM 2 hours, every hour within the rules

Good Marginal No

Field days

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

1. This Afternoon66° · E 12 mph

   Cloudy. High near 19°C. East wind around 19 km/h.

2. Tonight62° · NE 7–12 mph

   Fog. Low near 17°C. Northeast wind 12 to 19 km/h.

3. Saturday78° · ENE 5–8 mph

   Fog. High near 26°C. Eastnortheast wind 8 to 13 km/h.

4. Saturday Night60° · E 2–5 mph

   Fog. Low near 15°C. East wind 4 to 8 km/h.

5. Sunday80° · SW 3–7 mph

   Fog. High near 27°C. Southwest wind 5 to 12 km/h.

6. Sunday Night67° · E 3–7 mph

   Fog. Low near 19°C. East wind 5 to 12 km/h.

7. Monday74° · ENE 5–11 mph

   Fog. High near 23°C. Eastnortheast wind 8 to 17 km/h.

8. Monday Night64° · E 2 mph

   Cloudy. Low near 18°C. East wind around 3 km/h.

9. Tuesday77° · SSE 2–7 mph

   Partly cloudy. High near 25°C. Southsoutheast wind 4 to 11 km/h.

10. Tuesday Night68° · SSW 3–6 mph

    Clear. Low near 20°C. Southsouthwest wind 5 to 9 km/h.

11. Wednesday79° · NNW 5–10 mph

    Clear. High near 26°C. Northnorthwest wind 8 to 16 km/h.

12. Wednesday Night55° · N 6–6 mph

    Clear. Low near 13°C. North wind 9 to 10 km/h.

13. Thursday74° · N 4–6 mph

    Clear. High near 23°C. North wind 7 to 10 km/h.

14. Thursday Night55° · NE 5 mph

    Clear. Low near 13°C. Northeast wind around 8 km/h.

15. Friday72° · SSE 3–5 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 22°C. Southsoutheast wind 5 to 8 km/h.

16. Friday Night63° · SE 2–2 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 17°C. Southeast wind 3 to 4 km/h.

17. Saturday69° · WSW 3–8 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 20°C. Westsouthwest wind 5 to 13 km/h.

18. Saturday Night58° · NW 9–10 mph

    Mostly clear. Low near 15°C. Northwest wind 15 to 16 km/h.

19. Sunday69° · NNW 9–11 mph

    Clear. High near 20°C. Northnorthwest wind 14 to 17 km/h.

20. Sunday Night56° · N 6 mph

    No forecast. Low near 13°C. North wind around 10 km/h.

Climate of Shazikou: normals, records and every month

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.