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Today

4° 0°

Clear.

Sunrise: 08:35

Sunset: 18:41

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Tue Tuesday

5° 3°

Overcast changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

Sunrise: 08:33

Sunset: 18:43

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Wed Wednesday

6° 1°

Overcast changing to light rain by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 08:31

Sunset: 18:44

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Thu Thursday

10° 3°

Cloudy changing to sunny by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 08:30

Sunset: 18:45

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Fri Friday

9° 3°

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 08:28

Sunset: 18:47

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Sat Saturday

11° 3°

Clear changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 08:26

Sunset: 18:48

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Sun Sunday

10° 2°

Clear changing to cloudy by early evening.

Sunrise: 08:24

Sunset: 18:50

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                        Overcast changing to sunny intervals by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            08:33
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:43
                                    
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                                                UV

                        Overcast changing to light rain by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            08:31
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:44
                                    
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                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to sunny by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            08:30
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:45
                                    
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                                                UV

                        Clear changing to cloudy in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            08:26
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:48
                                    
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                                                UV

                        Clear changing to cloudy by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            08:24
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:50
                                    
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                                                UV

Today (19 August 2019)

Now	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
-2°	-2°	-2°	0°	1°	3°	3°	4°	4°	4°	4°	3°	3°	2°	1°	1°	1°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-5°	-5°	-4°	-3°	-1°	1°	1°	2°	2°	2°	2°	1°	1°	0°	-1°	-1°	-1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WSW 5	WSW 5	WSW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 4	E 4	ENE 4	NE 4
Wind gust (mph)
7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	VP
Humidity
89%	89%	90%	84%	79%	73%	73%	73%	74%	78%	82%	85%	88%	91%	94%	94%	95%
UV
-	-	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Tuesday (20 August 2019)

00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
1°	1°	1°	0°	0°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	2°	3°	4°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-1°	0°	0°	1°	1°	1°	1°	0°	-1°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 4	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 9	NNE 11	NNE 12	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 15
Wind gust (mph)
6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	14	17	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	21	22	22
Visibility
VP	VP	P	P	P	G	G	G	M	M	M	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
95%	96%	96%	97%	96%	96%	96%	96%	97%	97%	91%	85%	80%	76%	72%	68%	70%	71%	73%	76%	80%	83%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-

Wednesday (21 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	10%	60%	90%	80%	10%
Temperature (°C)
3°	3°	3°	4°	5°	5°	5°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-1°	-2°	-2°	-1°	0°	1°	1°	1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 15	NNE 16	NE 16	NE 20	NE 23	NNE 20	NNE 14	N 9
Wind gust (mph)
22	24	25	29	35	29	21	13
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	M	P	G	VG
Humidity
84%	87%	91%	91%	87%	91%	91%	93%
UV
-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-

Thursday (22 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
3°	2°	2°	2°	6°	10°	9°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)
0°	-1°	-2°	-2°	3°	8°	8°	2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NW 8	WNW 8	W 9	WNW 8	W 8	WNW 6	NNW 5	NE 7
Wind gust (mph)
12	12	13	13	14	11	7	9
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
93%	92%	91%	91%	81%	66%	74%	87%
UV
-	-	-	1	2	2	1	-

Friday (23 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
4°	4°	5°	5°	7°	8°	8°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)
1°	1°	1°	0°	2°	4°	4°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 9	NNE 11	NNE 14	NNE 16	NNE 18	NNE 19	NE 15	NNE 12
Wind gust (mph)
12	16	20	24	27	28	21	17
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
86%	85%	80%	82%	76%	69%	77%	87%
UV
-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-

Saturday (24 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
5°	4°	3°	4°	8°	11°	11°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)
2°	1°	0°	0°	5°	8°	8°	5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
N 10	N 8	N 7	N 11	N 13	NNW 14	NNW 13	NW 16
Wind gust (mph)
14	11	11	16	21	22	20	24
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
88%	90%	88%	84%	66%	56%	58%	63%
UV
-	-	-	1	2	2	1	-

Sunday (25 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
7°	6°	4°	3°	7°	10°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)
4°	2°	1°	0°	4°	8°	5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 12	WNW 9	WNW 9	NW 10	NNW 11
Wind gust (mph)
24	22	17	13	16	17	17
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	E	E	VG
Humidity
67%	72%	77%	81%	64%	51%	59%
UV
-	-	-	1	1	1	1

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