Monday is 5 mph. The expected cloud cover during each 3-hour time period, forecast out to 60 hours. Cloud cover is then forecast in 12 hour time periods out to day 5. The RDF may list several types of precipitation. For each type of precipitation that is forecast, probability of precipitation is specified for 3-hour time periods out to 60 hours, then in 12 hour increments ending at 6 a.m. or 6 p.m. Local Time out to 5 days.
Rain showers are likely for that same time period.
The types of precipitation that may be forecast in the RDF are listed below. The RDF shown in Table 1 forecasts rain showers and thunderstorms during at least one time period out to 60 hours. Freezing drizzle was not forecast for any time period, so it does not appear on the RDF example.