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Long term forecast forLongyearbyen (Svalbard)

Updated at 16:40. Next update around 17:00.

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Long term forecast
Wednesday15 February Thursday16 February Friday17 February Saturday18 February Sunday19 February Monday20 February Tuesday21 February Wednesday22 February Thursday23 February
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy Snow Snow Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
-17° -23° -16° -11° -13° -13° -13° -14° -16°
0 mm precipitation per 24 hours 0.9 mm precipitation per 24 hours 2.8 mm precipitation per 24 hours 2.2 mm precipitation per 24 hours 0.2 mm precipitation per 24 hours 0 mm precipitation per 24 hours 0 mm precipitation per 24 hours 0 mm precipitation per 24 hours 0 mm precipitation per 24 hours
Moderate breeze, 8 m/s from northwest Gentle breeze, 5 m/s from east Gentle breeze, 5 m/s from east-northeast Gentle breeze, 4 m/s from east-northeast Light breeze, 3 m/s from northeast Light breeze, 3 m/s from east-northeast Light breeze, 3 m/s from northeast Light breeze, 2 m/s from north-northwest Light breeze, 2 m/s from east
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Detailed long term forecast
Date Time Forecast Temp. Precipitation Wind
Wednesday 15/02/2012 00:00–06:00 Cloudy. For the period: 00:00–06:00 -18° 0 – 0.1 mm Moderate breeze, 8 m/s from north-northwestModerate breeze, 8 m/s from north-northwest
06:00–12:00 Cloudy. For the period: 06:00–12:00 -16° 0 – 0.1 mm Fresh breeze, 10 m/s from north-northwestFresh breeze, 10 m/s from north-northwest
12:00–18:00 Partly cloudy. For the period: 12:00–18:00 -17° 0 mm Moderate breeze, 8 m/s from northwestModerate breeze, 8 m/s from northwest
18:00–00:00 Fair. For the period: 18:00–00:00 -19° 0 mm Gentle breeze, 5 m/s from northwestGentle breeze, 5 m/s from northwest
Thursday 16/02/2012 00:00–06:00 Fair. For the period: 00:00–06:00 -21° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from northwestLight breeze, 3 m/s from northwest
06:00–12:00 Fair. For the period: 06:00–12:00 -25° 0 mm Light air, 2 m/s from east-southeastLight air, 2 m/s from east-southeast
12:00–18:00 Partly cloudy. For the period: 12:00–18:00 -23° 0.2 – 0.6 mm Gentle breeze, 5 m/s from eastGentle breeze, 5 m/s from east
18:00–00:00 Snow. For the period: 18:00–00:00 -17° 0.4 – 0.9 mm Strong breeze, 12 m/s from eastStrong breeze, 12 m/s from east
Friday 17/02/2012 00:00–06:00 Cloudy. For the period: 00:00–06:00 -13° 0.2 – 1.0 mm Strong breeze, 13 m/s from eastStrong breeze, 13 m/s from east
07:00–13:00 Snow. For the period: 07:00–13:00 -11° 0.7 mm Near gale, 15 m/s from eastNear gale, 15 m/s from east
13:00–19:00 Snow. For the period: 13:00–19:00 -16° 0.9 mm Gentle breeze, 5 m/s from east-northeastGentle breeze, 5 m/s from east-northeast
19:00–01:00 Snow. For the period: 19:00–01:00 -15° 0.7 mm Gentle breeze, 5 m/s from east-northeastGentle breeze, 5 m/s from east-northeast
Saturday 18/02/2012 01:00–07:00 Snow. For the period: 01:00–07:00 -13° 0.7 mm Gentle breeze, 5 m/s from eastGentle breeze, 5 m/s from east
07:00–13:00 Snow. For the period: 07:00–13:00 -12° 0.5 mm Gentle breeze, 5 m/s from east-northeastGentle breeze, 5 m/s from east-northeast
13:00–19:00 Snow. For the period: 13:00–19:00 -11° 0.5 mm Gentle breeze, 4 m/s from east-northeastGentle breeze, 4 m/s from east-northeast
19:00–01:00 Snow. For the period: 19:00–01:00 -10° 0.5 mm Gentle breeze, 4 m/s from eastGentle breeze, 4 m/s from east
Sunday 19/02/2012 01:00–07:00 Cloudy. For the period: 01:00–07:00 -13° 0.2 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from east-southeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from east-southeast
07:00–13:00 Cloudy. For the period: 07:00–13:00 -13° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from eastLight breeze, 3 m/s from east
13:00–19:00 Cloudy. For the period: 13:00–19:00 -13° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from northeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from northeast
19:00–01:00 Cloudy. For the period: 19:00–01:00 -12° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from southeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from southeast
Monday 20/02/2012 01:00–07:00 Cloudy. For the period: 01:00–07:00 -14° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from north-northeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from north-northeast
07:00–13:00 Cloudy. For the period: 07:00–13:00 -14° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from east-northeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from east-northeast
13:00–19:00 Cloudy. For the period: 13:00–19:00 -13° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from east-northeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from east-northeast
19:00–01:00 Cloudy. For the period: 19:00–01:00 -13° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from north-northeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from north-northeast
Tuesday 21/02/2012 01:00–07:00 Cloudy. For the period: 01:00–07:00 -13° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from northeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from northeast
07:00–13:00 Cloudy. For the period: 07:00–13:00 -14° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from east-northeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from east-northeast
13:00–19:00 Cloudy. For the period: 13:00–19:00 -13° 0 mm Light breeze, 3 m/s from northeastLight breeze, 3 m/s from northeast
19:00–01:00 Cloudy. For the period: 19:00–01:00 -14° 0 mm Light breeze, 2 m/s from east-northeastLight breeze, 2 m/s from east-northeast
Wednesday 22/02/2012 01:00–07:00 Cloudy. For the period: 01:00–07:00 -14° 0 mm Light air, 2 m/s from east-southeastLight air, 2 m/s from east-southeast
07:00–13:00 Cloudy. For the period: 07:00–13:00 -14° 0 mm Light breeze, 2 m/s from east-northeastLight breeze, 2 m/s from east-northeast
13:00–19:00 Cloudy. For the period: 13:00–19:00 -14° 0 mm Light breeze, 2 m/s from north-northwestLight breeze, 2 m/s from north-northwest
19:00–01:00 Cloudy. For the period: 19:00–01:00 -15° 0 mm Light breeze, 2 m/s from east-northeastLight breeze, 2 m/s from east-northeast
Thursday 23/02/2012 01:00–07:00 Cloudy. For the period: 01:00–07:00 -14° 0 mm Light breeze, 2 m/s from north-northeastLight breeze, 2 m/s from north-northeast
07:00–13:00 Cloudy. For the period: 07:00–13:00 -15° 0 mm Light breeze, 2 m/s from eastLight breeze, 2 m/s from east
13:00–19:00 Cloudy. For the period: 13:00–19:00 -16° 0 mm Light breeze, 2 m/s from eastLight breeze, 2 m/s from east

The meteorologist’s forecast (in Norwegian)

Tuesday and Wednesday

Spitsbergen I ettermiddag og onsdag kveld nordlig frisk bris 10 i vest. Ellers nordlig liten kuling 12, fra i kveld periodevis sterk kuling 20 i nordaust. I nord enkelte snøbyger, ellers for det meste oppholdsvær.

Nordenskiöld Land på Spitsbergen Nordlig bris, lokalt frisk bris 10, først på onsdag liten kuling 12 m/s i fjellet. Delvis skyet oppholdsvær.

Thursday

Spitsbergen Skiftende opptil liten kuling 12. Torsdag formiddag økning til austlig periodevis stiv kuling 15 i sør, om kvelden periodevis liten storm 22. Spredt snøbyger.

Nordenskiöld Land på Spitsbergen Minking til skiftende bris. Fra torsdag ettermiddag austlig bris, periodevis frisk bris 10 m/s utsatte steder. Lettskyet eller delvis skyet oppholdsvær. Litt snø om kvelden.

Friday

Spitsbergen Østlig kuling. Snø. Stigende temperatur.

Saturday and Sunday

Spitsbergen Overveiende østlig bris. Spredt snø. Uendret eller litt lavere temperatur.

Monday to Thursday

Norge og Spitsbergen Lavtrykksaktivitet over Skandinavia fører til urolig vær i Norge. Skiftende vindforhold, perioder med kuling på kysten og i fjellet. Nedbør av og til, i slutten av perioden til dels pent vær sør for Dovre. Etter hvert litt fallende temperatur. På Spitsbergen blir det nordlig bris. Perioder med pent vær og litt kaldere.

Probability forecast for Longyearbyen

Probability forecast for Longyearbyen (Svalbard)
Friday: Highs probably between -19,1° C and -10,2° C. Lows between -24,1° and -15,4°. Saturday: Highs probably between -16,5° C and -8,3° C. Lows between -16,6° and -9,8°. Sunday: Highs probably between -16,5° C and -8,8° C. Lows between -16,5° and -9,1°. Monday: Highs probably between -16,1° C and -7,7° C. Lows between -16,9° and -8,5°. Tuesday: Highs probably between -16,7° C and -7,5° C. Lows between -16,6° and -8,4°. Wednesday: Highs probably between -18,1° C and -8,2° C. Lows between -17,7° and -9,1°. Thursday: Highs probably between -19,4° C and -9,2° C. Lows between -18,8° and -9,5°. Friday 00–06: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 2 mm. Friday 06–12: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 2 mm. Friday 12–18: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 1 mm. Friday 18–24: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 1 mm. Saturday 00–06: *Høyst sannsynlig nedbør mellom 0.1 mm og 1 mm. Saturday 06–12: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 1 mm. Saturday 12–18: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 1 mm. Saturday 18–24: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 0.9 mm. Sunday 00–06: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 0.8 mm. Sunday 06–12: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.6 mm kan forekomme. Sunday 12–18: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.5 mm kan forekomme. Sunday 18–24: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.8 mm kan forekomme. Monday 00–06: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 2 mm. Monday 06–12: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 2 mm. Monday 12–18: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 2 mm. Monday 18–24: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 1 mm. Tuesday 00–06: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.9 mm kan forekomme. Tuesday 06–12: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.6 mm kan forekomme. Tuesday 12–18: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.5 mm kan forekomme. Tuesday 18–24: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.6 mm kan forekomme. Wednesday 00–06: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.3 mm kan forekomme. Wednesday 06–12: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.6 mm kan forekomme. Wednesday 12–18: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.5 mm kan forekomme. Wednesday 18–24: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.8 mm kan forekomme. Thursday 00–06: *Høyst sannsynlig oppholdsvær, men opp mot ca. 0.7 mm kan forekomme. Thursday 06–12: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 1 mm. Thursday 12–18: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 2 mm. Thursday 18–24: *Sannsynligvis nedbør, men trolig mindre enn 1 mm.
Precipitation:
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30% probability
Temperature:
50% probability
30% probability

Long time forecast is quite reliable for temperature when the grey area has a narrow spread. Likewise it is quite reliable for precipitation when the blue bars are short.

The long time forecast is uncertain when the gray area has greater spread, and the blue bars are long.

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Latitude/longitude: 78°13′20″N15°37′53″E
Decimal coordinates: 78.2222 15.6315

Official name: Longyearbyen.
Read more about Longyearbyen at the Norwegian Polar Institute.

Category: Small town
Area: Svalbard, Norway
NP-ID: 21/8560
See it on: Google Maps.