DFW Weather is pleased to announce that its forecast has expanded from 7-days to 10-days. The Quick Forecast on the home page will give you a quick look at the first 48 hours. If you click on the link below that, it will take you to the full 10-day forecast. You can also access the full 10-day forecast from the drop down menu at the top by selecting Forecast->10-Day.
The Forecast Tabs, once you get to the full 10-day forecast page, will be simplified to have two tabs, Forecast and Details. The forecast tab will give you our traditional layout overview in a quick, easy-to-read layout of the 10-day forecast, focusing on the day period. If you click on the ‘Details’ tab, you will get a detailed forecast that has been simplified from the old layout. There will no longer be a night view tab.
The detailed forecast will be as the sample image below shows. It will be divided into two 12-hour periods, one for day, and one for night. The day period goes from 6:00 am through 5:00 pm, and the night period goes from 6:00 pm through 5:00 am. It will give an icon that best represents the expected weather during that period, the expected high or low temperature for that period, followed by a ‘Feels Like’ temperature. The ‘Feels Like’ temperature is what the high or low temperature actually feels like based on the weather conditions, cloud cover, humidity, pressure, and wind. It is not a wind chill or a heat index. Below that will be a short description of the weather expected for that 12-hour period. Below that will be wind, average wind direction, speed, and gust for that period. The next line will be the average dewpoint and humidity expected. The next line will have the average barometric pressure, in inches of mercury, for that period. The last line will only appear if precipitation is expected. It will show the POP (percentage of precipitation) and the amount. If no amount is given, precipitation is not expected to be measurable for that period. The amount is always given in liquid form and will be labeled as ‘Rain’ and amount in inches.
