Santa Cruz weather - Met Office

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Today

7° -1°

Clear.

Sunrise: 09:25

Sunset: 17:56

L
Wed Wednesday

5° -1°

Cloudy changing to heavy rain by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 09:24

Sunset: 17:57

L
Thu Thursday

7° 2°

Clear changing to cloudy by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 09:23

Sunset: 17:58

L
Fri Friday

5° -1°

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 09:22

Sunset: 17:59

L
Sat Saturday

4° -2°

Partly cloudy.

Sunrise: 09:21

Sunset: 18:00

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Sun Sunday

3° -2°

Clear changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

Sunrise: 09:20

Sunset: 18:01

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Mon Monday

4° -1°

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 09:19

Sunset: 18:03

L

                        Cloudy changing to heavy rain by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            09:24
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:57
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Clear changing to cloudy by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            09:23
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:58
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Partly cloudy.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            09:21
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:00
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Clear changing to partly cloudy by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            09:20
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:01
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

Today (16 July 2019)

Now	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
2°	1°	0°	0°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-1°	-2°	-2°	-3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 5	NW 4	NW 5	NNW 5
Wind gust (mph)
7	6	7	7
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
85%	89%	89%	89%
UV
-	-	-	-

Wednesday (17 July 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
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	80%	80%	80%	90%	90%	90%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)
-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	1°	1°	1°	2°	3°	3°	4°	4°	5°	4°	4°	4°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-4°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
N 5	N 7	N 8	N 9	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 11	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 13	NNE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 15	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 13	NE 12	NNE 11	N 9	NNW 8
Wind gust (mph)
8	10	11	13	14	15	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	22	20	18	16	14	12
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	M	M	M	P	P	P	G	G
Humidity
90%	87%	85%	83%	82%	82%	82%	84%	85%	87%	87%	87%	87%	88%	88%	88%	90%	92%	94%	95%	96%	97%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-

Thursday (18 July 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
30%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
1°	1°	0°	-1°	3°	6°	6°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-3°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-2°	2°	2°	1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
W 11	WSW 13	W 11	NW 8	NNW 12	N 19	N 19	NNW 16
Wind gust (mph)
18	20	17	13	18	28	32	25
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
96%	85%	86%	87%	77%	66%	67%	72%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-

Friday (19 July 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	<5%	10%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
4°	4°	3°	2°	4°	5°	3°	2°
Feels like temperature (°C)
0°	-1°	-2°	-2°	0°	1°	-1°	-3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNW 13	NW 13	NNW 14	NNW 11	NW 11	WNW 14	WNW 11	WNW 11
Wind gust (mph)
21	20	21	18	18	22	17	17
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
76%	76%	77%	74%	70%	66%	74%	78%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-

Saturday (20 July 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
0°	0°	0°	0°	2°	4°	2°	1°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-4°	-5°	-6°	-5°	-3°	0°	0°	-3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 11	WNW 11	NW 12	NW 11	NW 11	NNW 9	NNW 8	NW 8
Wind gust (mph)
17	18	19	18	18	16	12	13
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
80%	79%	76%	76%	68%	65%	72%	78%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-

Sunday (21 July 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
0°	-1°	-1°	-2°	1°	3°	1°	0°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-4°	-5°	-6°	-6°	-3°	-1°	-3°	-5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 8	W 8	WSW 9	W 9	W 11	WNW 12	WNW 10	WNW 10
Wind gust (mph)
12	13	15	14	18	19	15	15
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
85%	84%	87%	87%	68%	63%	80%	84%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-

Monday (22 July 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	2°	4°	2°
Feels like temperature (°C)
-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-3°	0°	-3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 10	WNW 11	W 12	W 12	W 13	W 14	W 13
Wind gust (mph)
15	17	18	18	20	22	19
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	E	E	VG
Humidity
84%	83%	78%	77%	67%	59%	69%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	1	-

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