
NNW would indicate a wind blowing from the north northwest. The arrow shows the direction that the wind is blowing, and the letter represents the direction the wind is blowing from (on a standard 16-point compass rose).įor example, an arrow pointing upwards indicates a wind blowing from the south to the north, along with the letter S to indicate that it is a southerly wind. the mean wind speed you may encounter (in reality the wind will strengthen and lull constantly above and below this value). The speed represents the average wind speed expected at that point in time, i.e. This means that the temperature can be different at other times between those shown. The hourly temperatures are the forecast temperatures at those exact times. This is because it is the highest temperature forecasted to be reached that day. Sometimes the highest temperature for the day will be higher than the temperatures shown in the table. Day is from 9am to 9pm and night is from 9pm to 9am. These are the forecasted maximum (highest) temperature for the day and the forecasted minimum (lowest) temperature at night. Feels likeįeels like temperature takes into account wind speed and humidity to give a more representative indication of how the temperature will feel. The number in the coloured bars represents the air temperature at that time in the units selected in Settings (Celsius or Fahrenheit). It is helpful to read this along with the forecast.įor example, a 70% chance of rain represents a 7 in 10 chance that precipitation will fall at some point during that period.Ĭhance of precipitation represents how likely it is that rain (or other precipitation: sleet, snow, hail, drizzle etc.) will fall from the sky over a certain time period. Our 7 day forecast page also has regional information lower down the page. This helps to make the forecasts as accurate as possible. We use the most recent observation data from across the UK and around the world. The symbols on the forecast are automatically updated every hour. If there is a ‘Heavy rain’ symbol at 11:00am on the same day, we expect it will start raining between 10:00am and 11:00am, and it will be raining at 11:00am. So, for example, a ‘Sunny day’ symbol at 10:00am means that we expect there to be sun at 10:00am. The time displayed in the table shows the forecast data for that specific moment in time, on the hour. We provide a long-range 28-day forecast for the UK as a whole, which you can find underneath the forecast table, below the map and flood warnings. The forecast table gives you an overview of the weather forecast at a specific location for the next seven days.
