Cape Town weather - Met Office

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Today

14° 11°

Thunder showers changing to heavy showers by nighttime.

Sunrise: 07:45

Sunset: 17:59

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Wed Wednesday

15° 11°

Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:44

Sunset: 18:00

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Thu Thursday

15° 11°

Light rain changing to cloudy by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:44

Sunset: 18:01

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Fri Friday

17° 10°

Sunny intervals.

Sunrise: 07:43

Sunset: 18:02

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Sat Saturday

20° 11°

Mist changing to sunny by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:42

Sunset: 18:02

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Sun Sunday

17° 12°

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 07:42

Sunset: 18:03

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Mon Monday

15° 11°

Cloudy changing to light rain by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:41

Sunset: 18:04

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                        Thunder showers changing to heavy showers by nighttime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:45
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:59
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:44
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:00
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Light rain changing to cloudy by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:44
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:01
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny intervals.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:43
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:02
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Mist changing to sunny by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:42
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:02
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to light rain by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:41
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:04
                                    
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                                                UV

Today (23 July 2019)

Now	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	30%	30%
Temperature (°C)
13°	13°	13°	12°	12°	11°	12°	12°	12°
Feels like temperature (°C)
9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 22	WNW 22	WNW 22	WNW 22	WNW 22	WNW 22	W 20	W 19	W 18
Wind gust (mph)
46	46	47	46	45	45	42	39	36
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG
Humidity
71%	72%	73%	74%	75%	77%	74%	71%	68%
UV
2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wednesday (24 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	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
30%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	11°	11°	12°	13°	15°	15°	15°	15°	14°	14°	14°	14°	13°	13°	13°	12°	12°
Feels like temperature (°C)
8°	8°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	11°	12°	12°	12°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
W 17	W 17	W 16	W 14	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 9	NW 10	NW 12	NW 14	NW 15	NW 17	NW 18	NW 17	NW 17	NW 16	NW 16	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16
Wind gust (mph)
34	33	32	29	27	25	22	20	17	21	24	28	30	33	35	34	32	31	31	30	30	30	31	32
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
70%	71%	73%	74%	74%	75%	76%	77%	78%	75%	71%	68%	68%	68%	68%	70%	72%	74%	78%	81%	85%	86%	87%	88%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thursday (25 July 2019)

00:00	01:00	02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	20%	50%	10%	40%	50%	50%	50%
Temperature (°C)
12°	12°	12°	11°	11°	14°	15°	14°	13°	13°
Feels like temperature (°C)
9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	10°	11°	12°	11°	12°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 17	NNW 19	NNW 17	NNW 14	NNW 10	NNW 6
Wind gust (mph)
32	32	32	32	33	36	33	27	19	13
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	VG	M	G	M	M
Humidity
89%	89%	90%	90%	90%	81%	80%	87%	92%	94%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-

Friday (26 July 2019)

02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
60%	50%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
12°	12°	11°	14°	17°	16°	12°	11°
Feels like temperature (°C)
12°	11°	10°	14°	17°	16°	12°	10°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
ENE 5	ENE 5	E 5	ESE 4	SE 3	S 5	S 5	SSE 6
Wind gust (mph)
11	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
Visibility
G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
94%	92%	94%	84%	73%	75%	91%	94%
UV
-	-	1	2	3	1	-	-

Saturday (27 July 2019)

02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	20%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
11°	11°	11°	15°	20°	19°	14°	12°
Feels like temperature (°C)
11°	10°	10°	15°	20°	20°	14°	11°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	ESE 3	E 3	W 3	W 5	NE 6
Wind gust (mph)
7	7	7	8	10	9	11	14
Visibility
G	VP	P	VG	VG	VG	VG	G
Humidity
91%	87%	84%	76%	64%	68%	85%	87%
UV
-	-	1	3	3	1	-	-

Sunday (28 July 2019)

02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
12°	11°	11°	15°	16°	15°	13°	13°
Feels like temperature (°C)
10°	10°	9°	12°	14°	13°	11°	10°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 8	NNE 9	NNW 9	NNW 12	NW 14	NW 14	NNW 14	N 16
Wind gust (mph)
16	18	19	25	29	29	29	32
Visibility
G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	G	G
Humidity
82%	85%	85%	76%	73%	80%	87%	90%
UV
-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-

Monday (29 July 2019)

02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	50%	60%	60%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)
12°	12°	13°	13°	14°	14°	13°	13°
Feels like temperature (°C)
9°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	9°	10°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
N 18	N 20	N 21	NNW 23	NNW 24	NNW 24	NW 23	NW 21
Wind gust (mph)
35	39	42	46	50	50	49	44
Visibility
G	G	G	M	M	G	G	VG
Humidity
90%	88%	86%	86%	86%	86%	86%	82%
UV
-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-

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