Current weather · Sep 30, 7:00 PM GMT+3

Belaya Rechka, Russia

1.8 mi from Kol’chugino, Russia

51°

Partly cloudyFeels like 48° · Humidity 88%MET Norway forecast for this hourForecast by MET Norway
High
51°
Low
42°
Precip today
0.00 in
Sunrise
6:23 AM
Sunset
6:01 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
Wed 7 PM51°48°47°88%—NNW7 mph38%30.49 inHg—
Wed 8 PM51°48°47°89%—NNW7 mph9%30.50 inHg—
Wed 9 PM49°46°48°95%—NNW8 mph4%30.50 inHg—
Wed 10 PM48°45°47°97%—NNW7 mph1%30.52 inHg—
Wed 11 PM47°43°46°97%—NNW7 mph0%30.53 inHg—
Thu 12 AM46°42°45°96%—NNW7 mph0%30.53 inHg—
Thu 1 AM45°41°44°96%—N7 mph1%30.53 inHg—
Thu 2 AM44°40°43°97%—N7 mph22%30.54 inHg—
Thu 3 AM43°39°43°97%—N7 mph70%30.55 inHg—
Thu 4 AM43°38°42°97%—N7 mph95%30.55 inHg—
Thu 5 AM42°38°42°97%—NNW7 mph97%30.56 inHg—
Thu 6 AM42°37°41°97%—NNW7 mph98%30.57 inHg—
Thu 7 AM42°37°41°97%—NNW7 mph95%30.57 inHg—
Thu 8 AM44°40°42°93%—NNW6 mph97%30.58 inHg—
Thu 9 AM46°43°42°85%—N7 mph97%30.58 inHg—
Thu 10 AM49°45°43°79%—N8 mph98%30.59 inHg—
Thu 11 AM51°48°42°70%—N9 mph98%30.59 inHg—
Thu 12 PM53°49°40°61%—N11 mph96%30.59 inHg—
Thu 1 PM53°50°39°57%—N11 mph89%30.59 inHg—
Thu 2 PM54°50°37°54%—N11 mph98%30.58 inHg—
Thu 3 PM53°50°36°52%—N11 mph99%30.56 inHg—
Thu 4 PM52°48°36°55%—N10 mph94%30.55 inHg—
Thu 5 PM50°47°36°59%—N9 mph92%30.55 inHg—
Thu 6 PM47°44°36°65%—N7 mph91%30.55 inHg—
Thu 7 PM45°41°36°72%—NNW7 mph91%30.56 inHg—
Thu 8 PM44°40°36°74%—NNW8 mph90%30.57 inHg—
Thu 9 PM43°39°37°77%—NNW8 mph88%30.58 inHg—
Thu 10 PM42°38°37°82%—NNW7 mph95%30.58 inHg—
Thu 11 PM41°37°37°86%—NNW7 mph100%30.57 inHg—
Fri 12 AM40°36°37°90%—NNW6 mph95%30.57 inHg—
Fri 1 AM39°35°37°93%—NNW6 mph99%30.56 inHg—
Fri 2 AM38°34°37°95%—NW6 mph96%30.55 inHg—
Fri 3 AM38°34°37°95%—NW6 mph97%30.55 inHg—
Fri 4 AM38°33°37°95%—NW6 mph100%30.53 inHg—
Fri 5 AM39°34°37°95%—NW6 mph99%30.52 inHg—
Fri 6 AM39°34°37°94%—NW7 mph99%30.52 inHg—
Fri 7 AM39°35°38°94%—NW7 mph99%30.50 inHg—
Fri 8 AM42°38°38°88%—WNW6 mph99%30.49 inHg—
Fri 9 AM44°41°38°80%—WNW6 mph98%30.47 inHg—
Fri 10 AM46°43°39°76%—WNW6 mph98%30.46 inHg—
Fri 11 AM48°45°40°73%—NW6 mph100%30.44 inHg—
Fri 12 PM49°47°40°70%—NW7 mph100%30.42 inHg—
Fri 1 PM50°47°40°67%—NW8 mph100%30.40 inHg—
Fri 2 PM50°47°39°66%—NW8 mph100%30.38 inHg—
Fri 3 PM49°46°40°69%—NW8 mph100%30.37 inHg—
Fri 4 PM49°46°41°74%—NW7 mph100%30.36 inHg—
Fri 5 PM48°45°42°78%—NW7 mph100%30.35 inHg—
Fri 6 PM47°44°42°81%—NNW6 mph100%30.34 inHg—

The next 16 days

MET Norway forecast updated Sep 30, 4:17 PM GMT+3 to day 10, the mean of GFS, GEFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 3051°42°Partly cloudy—wind 8 mph
  2. ThuOct 154°38°Partly cloudy—wind 11 mph
  3. FriOct 250°38°Cloudy—wind 8 mph
  4. SatOct 346°30°Fog—wind 8 mph
  5. SunOct 448°39°Cloudy—wind 5 mph
  6. MonOct 549°45°Light rain—0.04 inwind 7 mph
  7. TueOct 653°43°Light rain—0.14 inwind 7 mph
  8. WedOct 755°50°Cloudy—0.03 inwind 12 mph
  9. ThuOct 858°44°Partly cloudy—0.02 inwind 12 mph
  10. FriOct 955°43°Rain—0.37 inwind 10 mph
  11. SatOct 10~49°41°Model mean0.04 in
  12. SunOct 11~50°41°Model mean0.03 in
  13. MonOct 12~53°44°Model mean0.05 in
  14. TueOct 13~50°42°Model mean0.14 in
  15. WedOct 14~46°38°Model mean
  16. ThuOct 15~50°43°Model mean0.13 in

Right now

MET Norway forecast for this hour
  • Feels like48°
  • WindNNW 7 mph
  • Humidity88%
  • Dew point47°
  • Pressure30.49 inHg
  • UV index0 · Lowclear-sky peak 2 Thursday
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · set
  • Moonrise6:31 PMMoonset 11:56 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous85% lit

The models, side by side

GFS Sep 30, 9:00 AM GMT+3 · GEFS Sep 30, 9:00 AM GMT+3 · ECMWF Sep 30, 3:00 AM GMT+3 · ECMWF AI Sep 30, 3:00 AM GMT+3

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.

23°46°68°ThuFriSatSunMonTueWed

DayNWS gridGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 3051° 42°~60° 51°~59° 50°61° 40°~60° 38°
Thu Oct 154° 38°50° 42°51° 42°53° 42°~54° 42°
Fri Oct 250° 38°51° 39°50° 39°0.02 in49° 38°~50° 38°0.02 in
Sat Oct 346° 30°46° 35°47° 37°46° 35°~46° 34°
Sun Oct 448° 39°51° 33°50° 37°48° 29°~49° 30°
Mon Oct 549° 45°0.04 in55° 43°0.04 in55° 44°0.04 in49° 38°0.04 in~53° 45°0.08 in
Tue Oct 653° 43°0.14 in55° 46°53° 46°0.05 in~47° 45°0.16 in~55° 47°0.10 in
Wed Oct 755° 50°0.03 in62° 48°55° 45°0.03 in~55° 43°~58° 49°0.13 in
Thu Oct 858° 44°0.02 in61° 47°56° 46°0.02 in~58° 46°0.03 in~56° 43°
Fri Oct 955° 43°0.37 in60° 47°52° 45°0.07 in~55° 44°0.32 in~48° 39°0.14 in
Sat Oct 10—55° 48°~44° 42°0.04 in~47° 39°0.13 in~48° 34°
Sun Oct 11—~52° 47°0.08 in—~46° 36°0.01 in~51° 39°
Mon Oct 12—~54° 45°0.11 in—~54° 44°~51° 44°0.03 in
Tue Oct 13—~51° 42°0.13 in—~51° 45°0.02 in~48° 40°0.26 in
Wed Oct 14—~49° 39°—~44° 40°~44° 35°0.01 in
Thu Oct 15—~50° 43°0.13 in——~39° 39°

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.

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

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtomorrowLowmild
  • FlutomorrowLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstomorrowLowmild
  • SunburntomorrowLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • HikingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • GolftomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltomorrowPoorcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightGoodbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetomorrowGoodlittle sun
  • Painting and outdoor projectstomorrowVery goodcold
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestomorrowLowcool
  • TickstomorrowHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststomorrowLowcool

Stargazing

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

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

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
WednesdayFair8:07 PM to 4:19 AM6 of 8None82%Poor8 h8 mph
ThursdayPoor8:04 PM to 4:21 AM0 of 8None73%4 h8 mph
FridayPoor8:01 PM to 4:23 AM0 of 8None64%8 h6 mph
SaturdayPoor7:58 PM to 4:25 AM0 of 8None53%1 h8 mph
SundayFair7:55 PM to 4:28 AM1 of 81 h from 8:00 PM43%Good6 mph
MondayPoor7:53 PM to 4:30 AM0 of 9None32%9 h7 mph
TuesdayGood7:50 PM to 4:32 AM6 of 96 h from 9:00 PM23%Poor9 h6 mph
WednesdayPoor7:47 PM to 4:34 AM0 of 9None15%2 h12 mph
ThursdayPoor7:44 PM to 4:36 AM0 of 9None8%9 mph
FridayPoor7:42 PM to 4:38 AM0 of 9None3%3 h7 mph

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
Wed5:46 AM to 6:00 AM6:00 AM to 7:13 AM5:11 PM to 6:23 PM6:23 PM to 6:38 PM
Thu5:48 AM to 6:02 AM6:02 AM to 7:15 AM5:08 PM to 6:21 PM6:21 PM to 6:35 PM
Fri5:50 AM to 6:04 AM6:04 AM to 7:17 AM5:05 PM to 6:18 PM6:18 PM to 6:32 PM
Sat5:52 AM to 6:06 AM6:06 AM to 7:20 AM5:02 PM to 6:15 PM6:15 PM to 6:30 PM
Sun5:54 AM to 6:08 AM6:08 AM to 7:22 AM5:00 PM to 6:13 PM6:13 PM to 6:27 PM
Mon5:56 AM to 6:10 AM6:10 AM to 7:24 AM4:57 PM to 6:10 PM6:10 PM to 6:25 PM
Tue5:58 AM to 6:12 AM6:12 AM to 7:26 AM4:54 PM to 6:08 PM6:08 PM to 6:22 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 6:23 AM, 94° E
  • SS Sunset 6:01 PM, 266° W
  • MR Moonrise 6:31 PM, 41° NE
  • MS Moonset 11:56 AM, 317° NW
  • Waning gibbous, 85% 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 10 AM to 12 PM 2 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 4 PM to 10 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Fri 10 AM to 6 PM 8 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 3 PM to 9 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 3 PM to 9 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
Wed
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
ThursdayDry0.00 in52%11 mph4 d
FridayDry0.00 in66%8 mph3 d
SaturdayDry0.00 in51%8 mph2 d
SundayDry0.00 in49%3 mph1 d
MondayShowers possible0.04 in81%6 mph
TuesdayShowers possible0.14 in88%7 mph
WednesdayDry0.03 in72%12 mph2 d
ThursdayDry0.02 in49%9 mph1 dGood
FridayWet0.37 in85%10 mph

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 Wednesday, rated fair.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Wed Fair1:50 AM to 3:50 AM2:18 PM to 4:18 PM11:26 AM to 12:26 PM6:01 PM to 7:01 PM 85%6:23 AM, 6:01 PM
Thu Fair2:48 AM to 4:48 AM3:19 PM to 5:19 PM12:59 PM to 1:59 PM6:34 PM to 7:34 PM 77%6:25 AM, 5:58 PM
Fri Fair3:50 AM to 5:50 AM4:22 PM to 6:22 PM2:15 PM to 3:15 PM7:29 PM to 8:29 PM 67%6:27 AM, 5:55 PM
Sat Fair4:53 AM to 6:53 AM5:24 PM to 7:24 PM3:05 PM to 4:05 PM8:49 PM to 9:49 PM 57%6:29 AM, 5:53 PM
Sun Fair5:54 AM to 7:54 AM6:23 PM to 8:23 PM3:34 PM to 4:34 PM10:23 PM to 11:23 PM 46%6:31 AM, 5:50 PM
Mon Fair6:52 AM to 8:52 AM7:19 PM to 9:19 PM3:51 PM to 4:51 PM 36%6:33 AM, 5:47 PM
Tue Fair7:45 AM to 9:45 AM8:10 PM to 10:10 PM12:00 AM to 1:00 AM4:02 PM to 5:02 PM 26%6:35 AM, 5:45 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index · Solunar tables for Belaya Rechka, 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. Tonight42° · NNW 7–7 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 6°C. Northnorthwest wind 11 to 12 km/h.

  2. Thursday54° · N 6–11 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 12°C. North wind 10 to 18 km/h.

  3. Thursday Night38° · NNW 6–8 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 4°C. Northnorthwest wind 9 to 13 km/h.

  4. Friday50° · NW 6–8 mph

    Cloudy. High near 10°C. Northwest wind 9 to 13 km/h.

  5. Friday Night38° · N 4–6 mph

    Fog. Low near 3°C. North wind 6 to 10 km/h.

  6. Saturday46° · N 4–8 mph

    Fog. High near 8°C. North wind 6 to 13 km/h.

  7. Saturday Night30° · N 3 mph

    Mostly clear. Low near -1°C. North wind around 5 km/h.

  8. Sunday48° · WNW 1–2 mph

    Cloudy. High near 9°C. Westnorthwest wind 2 to 4 km/h.

  9. Sunday Night39° · S 6–6 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 4°C. South wind 9 to 10 km/h.

  10. Monday49° · SSW 6–6 mph

    Light rain. High near 10°C. Southsouthwest wind 9 to 10 km/h. Precipitation around 0.7 mm.

  11. Monday Night45° · S 7 mph

    Rain. Low near 7°C. South wind around 11 km/h. Precipitation around 3 mm.

  12. Tuesday53° · SSW 3–6 mph

    Light rain. High near 11°C. Southsouthwest wind 5 to 9 km/h. Precipitation around 0.8 mm.

  13. Tuesday Night43° · W 4–6 mph

    Mostly clear. Low near 6°C. West wind 7 to 9 km/h.

  14. Wednesday55° · SSW 6–12 mph

    Cloudy. High near 13°C. Southsouthwest wind 9 to 19 km/h.

  15. Wednesday Night50° · WSW 7–12 mph

    Rain. Low near 10°C. Westsouthwest wind 11 to 19 km/h. Precipitation around 1.2 mm.

  16. Thursday58° · WSW 8–9 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 14°C. Westsouthwest wind 13 to 14 km/h.

  17. Thursday Night44° · SSW 5–6 mph

    Heavy rain. Low near 7°C. Southsouthwest wind 8 to 10 km/h. Precipitation around 7 mm.

  18. Friday55° · SW 6–10 mph

    Rain. High near 13°C. Southwest wind 10 to 16 km/h. Precipitation around 1.5 mm.

  19. Friday Night43° · WNW 7–7 mph

    Rain. Low near 6°C. Westnorthwest wind 11 to 12 km/h. Precipitation around 3 mm.

Climate

Climate of Belaya Rechka: 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.

ElementWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFri
Pressure min30.49 inHg30.53 inHg30.32 inHg30.34 inHg30.18 inHg29.89 inHg29.76 inHg29.77 inHg29.77 inHg29.84 inHg

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Wed5:46 AM6:23 AM6:01 PM6:38 PM11 h 38 min Waning gibbous · 85% lit
Thu5:48 AM6:25 AM5:58 PM6:35 PM11 h 33 min Waning gibbous · 77% lit
Fri5:50 AM6:27 AM5:55 PM6:32 PM11 h 28 min Waning gibbous · 67% lit
Sat5:52 AM6:29 AM5:53 PM6:30 PM11 h 24 min Last quarter · 57% lit
Sun5:54 AM6:31 AM5:50 PM6:27 PM11 h 19 min Last quarter · 46% lit
Mon5:56 AM6:33 AM5:47 PM6:25 PM11 h 14 min Waning crescent · 36% lit
Tue5:58 AM6:35 AM5:45 PM6:22 PM11 h 10 min Waning crescent · 26% lit
Wed6:00 AM6:37 AM5:42 PM6:19 PM11 h 5 min Waning crescent · 17% lit
Thu6:02 AM6:39 AM5:39 PM6:17 PM11 h 0 min Waning crescent · 10% lit
Fri6:04 AM6:41 AM5:37 PM6:14 PM10 h 56 min Waning crescent · 5% 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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