Current weather · Oct 1, 1:23 AM GMT+2

Linares de la Sierra, Spain

39 mi from Zafra, Spain

66°

Mostly clearFeels like 66° · Humidity 72%MET Norway forecast for this hourForecast by MET Norway
High
82°
Low
62°
Precip today
0.00 in
Sunrise
8:22 AM
Sunset
8:10 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
Thu 1 AM66°66°56°72%—N8 mph15%30.14 inHg—
Thu 2 AM64°64°55°71%—N8 mph2%30.14 inHg—
Thu 3 AM64°64°54°71%—N8 mph25%30.14 inHg—
Thu 4 AM63°63°54°72%—N8 mph57%30.14 inHg—
Thu 5 AM62°62°53°72%—N9 mph73%30.13 inHg—
Thu 6 AM62°62°53°75%—N8 mph35%30.13 inHg—
Thu 7 AM62°62°53°75%—N8 mph34%30.13 inHg—
Thu 8 AM62°62°53°75%—N7 mph96%30.15 inHg—
Thu 9 AM63°63°53°70%—N7 mph95%30.16 inHg—
Thu 10 AM66°66°53°62%—N6 mph91%30.17 inHg—
Thu 11 AM71°71°53°54%—NNE6 mph79%30.17 inHg—
Thu 12 PM74°74°54°49%—NE5 mph60%30.16 inHg—
Thu 1 PM77°77°55°46%—E4 mph81%30.14 inHg—
Thu 2 PM80°80°54°41%—SE3 mph97%30.12 inHg—
Thu 3 PM82°82°53°38%—SSE5 mph98%30.10 inHg—
Thu 4 PM81°81°53°38%—S6 mph99%30.07 inHg—
Thu 5 PM81°81°53°39%—S8 mph86%30.07 inHg—
Thu 6 PM80°80°53°39%—S7 mph84%30.07 inHg—
Thu 7 PM79°79°52°40%—SSW6 mph27%30.07 inHg—
Thu 8 PM75°75°53°47%—WSW5 mph33%30.08 inHg—
Thu 9 PM72°72°54°52%—NW8 mph2%30.10 inHg—
Thu 10 PM70°70°54°58%—NNW8 mph1%30.12 inHg—
Thu 11 PM68°68°54°61%—N7 mph13%30.13 inHg—
Fri 12 AM67°67°55°64%—N6 mph3%30.13 inHg—
Fri 1 AM67°67°55°67%—N6 mph2%30.13 inHg—
Fri 2 AM65°65°55°69%—N5 mph5%30.12 inHg—
Fri 3 AM65°65°55°71%—NNE5 mph1%30.12 inHg—
Fri 4 AM65°65°55°72%—NE4 mph9%30.11 inHg—
Fri 5 AM65°65°55°70%—ENE4 mph20%30.11 inHg—
Fri 6 AM65°65°55°71%—E4 mph1%30.11 inHg—
Fri 7 AM64°64°55°74%—ESE4 mph1%30.12 inHg—
Fri 8 AM63°63°56°78%—ESE4 mph2%30.13 inHg—
Fri 9 AM63°63°56°77%—E4 mph0%30.15 inHg—
Fri 10 AM69°69°56°62%—E3 mph0%30.16 inHg—
Fri 11 AM74°74°56°53%—ESE3 mph0%30.16 inHg—
Fri 12 PM78°78°55°46%—SE6 mph23%30.16 inHg—
Fri 1 PM80°80°55°42%—SE7 mph33%30.14 inHg—
Fri 2 PMScattered light rain showers81°81°56°42%—0.01 inSSE7 mph47%30.13 inHg—
Fri 3 PMScattered light rain showers81°81°57°45%—0.01 inSSE6 mph43%30.11 inHg—
Fri 4 PM82°82°58°43%—S6 mph60%30.09 inHg—
Fri 5 PM82°82°57°42%—S6 mph57%30.08 inHg—
Fri 6 PM81°82°57°44%—SSW5 mph50%30.08 inHg—
Fri 7 PMScattered light rain showers79°80°57°47%—0.01 inSSW4 mph73%30.07 inHg—
Fri 8 PM74°74°62°65%—SSE3 mph99%30.08 inHg—
Fri 9 PMModerate rain72°72°62°71%—0.01 inSE5 mph98%30.10 inHg—
Fri 10 PMModerate rain68°68°64°88%—0.01 inSE5 mph95%30.14 inHg—
Fri 11 PM68°68°66°95%—WSW5 mph98%30.15 inHg—
Sat 12 AM68°68°66°95%—WSW3 mph98%30.15 inHg—

The next 16 days

MET Norway forecast updated Sep 30, 9:17 PM GMT+2 to day 9, the mean of GFS, GEFS, ECMWF AI, ECMWF to day 16
  1. TodayOct 182°62°Cloudy—wind 9 mph
  2. FriOct 282°65°Light rain showers—0.05 inwind 7 mph
  3. SatOct 381°66°Rain—0.13 inwind 9 mph
  4. SunOct 480°66°Cloudy—wind 9 mph
  5. MonOct 581°68°Cloudy—0.02 inwind 8 mph
  6. TueOct 680°65°Rain—0.15 inwind 7 mph
  7. WedOct 777°62°Rain—0.15 inwind 4 mph
  8. ThuOct 880°64°Clear—wind 6 mph
  9. FriOct 980°60°Clear—wind 6 mph
  10. SatOct 10~77°59°Model mean0.02 in
  11. SunOct 11~70°55°Model mean0.18 in
  12. MonOct 12~67°52°Model mean0.03 in
  13. TueOct 13~67°50°Model mean
  14. WedOct 14~70°50°Model mean
  15. ThuOct 15~72°52°Model mean
  16. FriOct 16~65°52°Model mean

Right now

MET Norway forecast for this hour
  • Feels like66°
  • WindN 8 mph
  • Humidity72%
  • Dew point56°
  • Pressure30.14 inHg
  • UV index0 · Lowclear-sky peak 6 today
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise11:07 PMMoonset 1:53 PM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous76% lit

The models, side by side

GFS Sep 30, 2:00 PM GMT+2 · GEFS Sep 30, 2:00 PM GMT+2 · ECMWF Sep 30, 2:00 PM GMT+2 · ECMWF AI Sep 30, 2:00 PM GMT+2

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.

50°68°86°FriSatSunMonTueWedThu

DayNWS gridGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Oct 182° 62°83° 58°85° 60°81° 60°~78° 60°
Fri Oct 282° 65°0.05 in84° 62°0.07 in85° 64°0.04 in80° 62°0.07 in~79° 64°0.04 in
Sat Oct 381° 66°0.13 in82° 64°0.27 in82° 64°0.09 in80° 63°0.18 in~79° 65°0.14 in
Sun Oct 480° 66°81° 64°0.01 in81° 64°0.02 in~78° 61°0.03 in~75° 65°0.22 in
Mon Oct 581° 68°0.02 in83° 67°83° 65°0.07 in79° 63°~74° 64°0.10 in
Tue Oct 680° 65°0.15 in85° 64°0.17 in83° 65°0.06 in76° 63°0.02 in~70° 63°0.19 in
Wed Oct 777° 62°0.15 in69° 59°0.48 in80° 64°0.14 in~68° 68°0.01 in~72° 59°0.06 in
Thu Oct 880° 64°72° 57°0.55 in81° 62°0.08 in~73° 53°~72° 57°
Fri Oct 980° 60°73° 58°0.24 in82° 62°0.06 in~73° 53°~69° 52°
Sat Oct 10—76° 59°0.02 in~79° 61°0.05 in~69° 55°~76° 57°
Sun Oct 11—~68° 60°0.53 in—~66° 49°~74° 57°
Mon Oct 12—~70° 59°0.10 in—~70° 47°~61° 48°
Tue Oct 13—~73° 56°—~70° 56°~61° 44°
Wed Oct 14—~76° 55°—~72° 59°~63° 44°
Thu Oct 15—~72° 54°—~81° 58°~64° 46°
Fri Oct 16—~65° 52°———

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

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

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

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayGoodhot
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodmostly cloudy
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightVery goodbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayVery goodlittle sun
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight: 1 dark, clear hours without a bright moon, from 10:00 PM. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
ThursdayFair9:37 PM to 6:56 AM9 of 91 h from 10:00 PM72%Good8 mph
FridayPoor9:35 PM to 6:56 AM0 of 9None62%8 h6 mph
SaturdayPoor9:34 PM to 6:57 AM0 of 9None52%4 h5 mph
SundayPoor9:32 PM to 6:58 AM0 of 9None41%5 mph
MondayPoor9:31 PM to 6:59 AM0 of 9None31%7 mph
TuesdayPoor9:29 PM to 7:00 AM0 of 10None22%5 h4 mph
WednesdayGood9:28 PM to 7:01 AM10 of 1010 h from 9:00 PM14%Poor5 h4 mph
ThursdayExcellent9:26 PM to 7:02 AM10 of 1010 h from 9:00 PM7%Good6 mph
FridayExcellent9:25 PM to 7:03 AM10 of 1010 h from 9:00 PM3%Good5 mph

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 in the table 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 and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. 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.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Thu7:56 AM to 8:06 AM8:06 AM to 8:57 AM7:35 PM to 8:26 PM8:26 PM to 8:36 PM
Fri7:57 AM to 8:07 AM8:07 AM to 8:58 AM7:33 PM to 8:24 PM8:24 PM to 8:34 PM
Sat7:58 AM to 8:08 AM8:08 AM to 8:59 AM7:32 PM to 8:23 PM8:23 PM to 8:33 PM
Sun7:58 AM to 8:09 AM8:09 AM to 9:00 AM7:30 PM to 8:21 PM8:21 PM to 8:31 PM
Mon7:59 AM to 8:09 AM8:09 AM to 9:01 AM7:29 PM to 8:20 PM8:20 PM to 8:30 PM
Tue8:00 AM to 8:10 AM8:10 AM to 9:02 AM7:27 PM to 8:18 PM8:18 PM to 8:28 PM
Wed8:01 AM to 8:11 AM8:11 AM to 9:03 AM7:26 PM to 8:17 PM8:17 PM to 8:27 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 8:22 AM, 93° E
  • SS Sunset 8:10 PM, 266° W
  • MR Moonrise 11:07 PM, 54° NE
  • MS Moonset 1:53 PM, 305° NW
  • Waning gibbous, 76% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

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

  • Thu 1 AM to Fri 11 AM 34 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Fri 12 PM to 5 PM 5 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sun 2 PM to Mon 2 AM 12 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 2 PM to Tue 10 AM 20 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Thu 2 PM to Fri 8 AM 18 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Fri 8 PM to Sat 4 AM 8 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
Thu6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
ThursdayDry0.00 in38%8 mph1 dGood
FridayShowers possible0.05 in42%7 mph
SaturdayShowers possible0.13 in45%9 mph
SundayDry0.00 in49%9 mph2 dGood
MondayDry0.02 in44%8 mph1 dGood
TuesdayShowers possible0.15 in44%5 mph
WednesdayShowers possible0.15 in50%4 mph
ThursdayDry0.00 in39%5 mph2 d
FridayDry0.00 in34%4 mph1 d

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.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Thursday, rated fair.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Thu Fair5:00 AM to 7:00 AM5:31 PM to 7:31 PM1:23 PM to 2:23 PM10:37 PM to 11:37 PM 76%8:22 AM, 8:10 PM
Fri Fair6:03 AM to 8:03 AM6:34 PM to 8:34 PM2:29 PM to 3:29 PM 67%8:23 AM, 8:08 PM
Sat Fair7:05 AM to 9:05 AM7:36 PM to 9:36 PM11:39 PM to 12:39 AM3:27 PM to 4:27 PM 56%8:24 AM, 8:07 PM
Sun Fair8:06 AM to 10:06 AM8:35 PM to 10:35 PM12:49 AM to 1:49 AM4:14 PM to 5:14 PM 46%8:25 AM, 8:05 PM
Mon Fair9:03 AM to 11:03 AM9:30 PM to 11:30 PM2:02 AM to 3:02 AM4:52 PM to 5:52 PM 35%8:26 AM, 8:04 PM
Tue Poor9:56 AM to 11:56 AM10:20 PM to 12:20 AM3:15 AM to 4:15 AM5:24 PM to 6:24 PM 25%8:26 AM, 8:02 PM
Wed Fair10:45 AM to 12:45 PM4:26 AM to 5:26 AM5:52 PM to 6:52 PM 17%8:27 AM, 8:01 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index · Solunar tables for Linares de la Sierra, by month

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

Written here from the MET Norway forecast
  1. Tonight62° · N 8–9 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 17°C. North wind 13 to 14 km/h.

  2. Thursday82° · NE 3–8 mph

    Cloudy. High near 28°C. Northeast wind 5 to 13 km/h.

  3. Thursday Night65° · N 4–8 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 18°C. North wind 7 to 13 km/h.

  4. Friday82° · SE 3–7 mph

    Light rain showers. High near 28°C. Southeast wind 5 to 12 km/h.

  5. Friday Night65° · SSE 2–6 mph

    Light rain showers. Low near 18°C. Southsoutheast wind 3 to 9 km/h. Precipitation around 0.9 mm.

  6. Saturday81° · E 6–9 mph

    Rain. High near 27°C. East wind 10 to 14 km/h. Precipitation around 3 mm.

  7. Saturday Night66° · ENE 2–5 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 19°C. Eastnortheast wind 4 to 8 km/h.

  8. Sunday80° · ESE 5–9 mph

    Cloudy. High near 27°C. Eastsoutheast wind 8 to 14 km/h.

  9. Sunday Night66° · SE 4–5 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 19°C. Southeast wind 7 to 8 km/h.

  10. Monday81° · SE 4–8 mph

    Cloudy. High near 27°C. Southeast wind 7 to 13 km/h.

  11. Monday Night68° · E 4–7 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 20°C. East wind 6 to 12 km/h.

  12. Tuesday80° · SE 4–5 mph

    Rain. High near 27°C. Southeast wind 7 to 8 km/h. Precipitation around 3 mm.

  13. Tuesday Night65° · E 3–4 mph

    Light rain showers. Low near 18°C. East wind 5 to 6 km/h. Precipitation around 0.6 mm.

  14. Wednesday77° · ESE 3–4 mph

    Rain. High near 25°C. Eastsoutheast wind 5 to 7 km/h. Precipitation around 4 mm.

  15. Wednesday Night62° · NNE 3–4 mph

    Clear. Low near 17°C. Northnortheast wind 5 to 6 km/h.

  16. Thursday80° · NNE 4–5 mph

    Clear. High near 27°C. Northnortheast wind 6 to 8 km/h.

  17. Thursday Night64° · N 5–6 mph

    Mostly clear. Low near 18°C. North wind 8 to 10 km/h.

  18. Friday80° · NNE 4 mph

    Clear. High near 27°C. Northnortheast wind around 6 km/h.

  19. Friday Night60° · NNE 3–5 mph

    Mostly clear. Low near 15°C. Northnortheast wind 5 to 8 km/h.

Climate

Climate of Linares de la Sierra: normals, records and every month

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.

ElementThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFri
Pressure min30.07 inHg30.07 inHg30.09 inHg30.07 inHg30.07 inHg30.14 inHg30.16 inHg30.14 inHg30.02 inHg

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Thu7:56 AM8:22 AM8:10 PM8:36 PM11 h 48 min Waning gibbous · 76% lit
Fri7:57 AM8:23 AM8:08 PM8:34 PM11 h 45 min Waning gibbous · 67% lit
Sat7:58 AM8:24 AM8:07 PM8:33 PM11 h 43 min Last quarter · 56% lit
Sun7:58 AM8:25 AM8:05 PM8:31 PM11 h 40 min Last quarter · 46% lit
Mon7:59 AM8:26 AM8:04 PM8:30 PM11 h 38 min Waning crescent · 35% lit
Tue8:00 AM8:26 AM8:02 PM8:28 PM11 h 36 min Waning crescent · 25% lit
Wed8:01 AM8:27 AM8:01 PM8:27 PM11 h 34 min Waning crescent · 17% lit
Thu8:02 AM8:28 AM7:59 PM8:25 PM11 h 31 min Waning crescent · 10% lit
Fri8:03 AM8:29 AM7:58 PM8:24 PM11 h 29 min Waning crescent · 4% 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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