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Today

23° 16°

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 07:38

Sunset: 17:47

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Sun Sunday

23° 14°

Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:38

Sunset: 17:47

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Mon Monday

17° 13°

Heavy showers changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:39

Sunset: 17:46

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Tue Tuesday

18° 9°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 07:40

Sunset: 17:46

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Wed Wednesday

20° 10°

Sunny changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

Sunrise: 07:40

Sunset: 17:45

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Thu Thursday

18° 12°

Cloudy changing to light showers by nighttime.

Sunrise: 07:41

Sunset: 17:45

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                        Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:38
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:47
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Heavy showers changing to sunny intervals by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:39
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:46
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny changing to partly cloudy by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:40
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:45
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to light showers by nighttime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:41
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:45
                                    
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                                                UV

Today (25 May 2019)

Now	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
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	14°	16°	18°	20°	21°	23°	22°	22°	21°	20°	19°	18°	18°	17°	17°
Feels like temperature (°C)
11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	14°	16°	19°	20°	22°	24°	23°	23°	23°	21°	20°	18°	18°	17°	16°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SW 3	ESE 2	ESE 2	ESE 2	SE 2	SE 2	SSE 2	NNE 2	NE 2	NNE 2	NNE 2	N 1	NNE 2	NE 2	ENE 2	NNE 2	NNE 2	N 3	N 3	NNE 4	NNE 4
Wind gust (mph)
5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
91%	89%	87%	85%	83%	81%	76%	71%	66%	63%	61%	59%	65%	72%	78%	77%	76%	75%	75%	75%	76%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sunday (26 May 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%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	30%	40%
Temperature (°C)
17°	17°	17°	18°	19°	22°	21°	18°	16°	16°
Feels like temperature (°C)
16°	16°	17°	17°	17°	20°	19°	17°	16°	16°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 5	NNE 5	N 6	N 7	N 7	NNW 10	NW 13	NW 8	NW 3	NNW 3
Wind gust (mph)
11	12	13	15	16	21	25	15	8	6
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G
Humidity
74%	72%	70%	62%	56%	51%	56%	77%	94%	97%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-

Monday (27 May 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
20%	60%	60%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
15°	15°	15°	16°	17°	15°	14°	14°
Feels like temperature (°C)
15°	14°	12°	13°	13°	12°	11°	11°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
W 4	S 11	SSE 14	SSE 17	SSE 19	SSE 18	SE 17	SE 17
Wind gust (mph)
9	21	27	34	37	35	33	33
Visibility
G	M	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
96%	90%	84%	72%	65%	73%	78%	76%
UV
-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-

Tuesday (28 May 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
13°	13°	13°	16°	18°	17°	14°	12°
Feels like temperature (°C)
10°	10°	10°	13°	15°	15°	12°	11°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SE 17	SE 16	SE 15	SE 15	ESE 15	SE 13	SE 11	SSE 9
Wind gust (mph)
32	31	29	30	29	24	19	15
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
75%	76%	77%	65%	59%	64%	77%	83%
UV
-	-	1	3	3	1	-	-

Wednesday (29 May 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
11°	10°	10°	16°	20°	19°	15°	14°
Feels like temperature (°C)
10°	9°	9°	16°	19°	19°	15°	14°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SSE 8	SSE 7	SE 6	S 4	SE 4	SSE 4	S 4	S 3
Wind gust (mph)
13	11	10	8	9	6	6	5
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
88%	91%	88%	70%	61%	71%	83%	83%
UV
-	-	1	3	2	1	-	-

Thursday (30 May 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	30%
Temperature (°C)
12°	11°	11°	15°	18°	16°	14°	14°
Feels like temperature (°C)
11°	10°	10°	14°	16°	15°	13°	12°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SSW 4	N 4	N 5	W 7	WSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10
Wind gust (mph)
7	8	9	16	20	20	19	19
Visibility
VG	G	M	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
92%	97%	97%	83%	72%	79%	89%	89%
UV
-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-

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