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Today

16° 10°

Light showers changing to overcast by early evening.

Sunrise: 05:57

Sunset: 20:32

VH
Fri Friday

20° 14°

Sunny intervals changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 05:56

Sunset: 20:33

VH
Sat Saturday

22° 11°

Cloudy changing to sunny by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 05:55

Sunset: 20:34

VH
Sun Sunday

20° 10°

Sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 05:54

Sunset: 20:35

VH
Mon Monday

17° 9°

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

Sunrise: 05:53

Sunset: 20:37

VH
Tue Tuesday

18° 12°

Cloudy changing to sunny by late morning.

Sunrise: 05:52

Sunset: 20:38

H
Wed Wednesday

Sunny intervals.

Sunrise: 05:51

Sunset: 20:39

H

                        Light showers changing to overcast by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            05:57
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:32
                                    
                                                VH
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny intervals changing to cloudy in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            05:56
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:33
                                    
                                                VH
                                            
                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to sunny by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            05:55
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:34
                                    
                                                VH
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            05:54
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:35
                                    
                                                VH
                                            
                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            05:53
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:37
                                    
                                                VH
                                            
                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to sunny by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            05:52
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:38
                                    
                                                H
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny intervals.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            05:51
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:39
                                    
                                                H
                                            
                                                UV

Time	Now	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbol
	Chance of precipitation
Chance of precipitation	30%	40%	40%	40%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
	Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°C)	15°	15°	15°	14°	13°	13°	13°	12°	12°	12°
	Feels like temperature (°C)
Feels like temperature (°C)	13°	13°	12°	11°	11°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°
	Wind direction and speed (mph)
Wind direction and speed (miles per hour)	E 8	ENE 10	ENE 13	NE 14	NE 16	NE 17	NE 15	NE 12	NE 10	NE 8
	Wind gust (mph)
Wind gust (miles per hour)	16	19	23	24	26	27	24	20	16	14
	Visibility
Visibility	VG	VG	VG	VG	M	M	M	G	G	G
	Humidity
Humidity	66%	67%	68%	73%	77%	82%	82%	83%	84%	84%
	UV
UV	7	5	4	3	2	1	1	-	-	-

Time	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	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbol
	Chance of precipitation
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%
	Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°C)	12°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	10°	10°	11°	12°	13°	15°	16°	18°	19°	17°	15°
	Feels like temperature (°C)
Feels like temperature (°C)	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	9°	10°	11°	13°	14°	15°	16°	15°	14°	13°
	Wind direction and speed (mph)
Wind direction and speed (miles per hour)	W 7	WSW 5	W 6	WSW 7	WSW 8	WSW 7	W 7	W 7	WNW 6	WNW 5	NW 4	NW 5	N 6	N 7	NW 13	N 13	N 12
	Wind gust (mph)
Wind gust (miles per hour)	11	9	10	11	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	11	13	14	23	20	17
	Visibility
Visibility	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
	Humidity
Humidity	84%	85%	86%	88%	89%	90%	91%	91%	87%	82%	77%	69%	60%	51%	46%	53%	58%
	UV
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	4	5	6	8	9	5	1	-

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbol
	Chance of precipitation
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%
	Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°C)	15°	14°	15°	17°	21°	21°	19°	15°
	Feels like temperature (°C)
Feels like temperature (°C)	12°	12°	12°	14°	17°	16°	14°	13°
	Wind direction and speed (mph)
Wind direction and speed (miles per hour)	NNW 15	NNE 14	NNE 15	NNE 14	NNW 16	WNW 19	NW 17	NW 11
	Wind gust (mph)
Wind gust (miles per hour)	23	21	22	21	26	32	26	16
	Visibility
Visibility	VG	VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG
	Humidity
Humidity	59%	64%	68%	62%	51%	43%	50%	58%
	UV
UV	-	-	1	5	8	5	1	-

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbol
	Chance of precipitation
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
	Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°C)	14°	11°	12°	17°	19°	20°	18°	14°
	Feels like temperature (°C)
Feels like temperature (°C)	12°	10°	10°	14°	16°	16°	15°	12°
	Wind direction and speed (mph)
Wind direction and speed (miles per hour)	NNW 10	NE 7	NNE 9	N 12	NNW 12	NW 14	NW 12	NNW 11
	Wind gust (mph)
Wind gust (miles per hour)	14	11	13	20	22	24	18	16
	Visibility
Visibility	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
	Humidity
Humidity	64%	80%	75%	51%	45%	41%	47%	55%
	UV
UV	-	-	1	5	9	5	1	-

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbol
	Chance of precipitation
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	60%	40%	10%	10%
	Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°C)	12°	11°	11°	14°	15°	16°	15°	12°
	Feels like temperature (°C)
Feels like temperature (°C)	10°	9°	9°	12°	13°	14°	13°	10°
	Wind direction and speed (mph)
Wind direction and speed (miles per hour)	NNW 11	N 10	NW 9	WNW 9	WSW 9	W 7	NNW 8	N 9
	Wind gust (mph)
Wind gust (miles per hour)	16	14	13	15	18	15	14	15
	Visibility
Visibility	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
	Humidity
Humidity	58%	65%	73%	57%	54%	49%	57%	68%
	UV
UV	-	-	1	5	8	4	1	-

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbol
	Chance of precipitation
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	<5%
	Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°C)	11°	10°	10°	14°	17°	18°	17°	14°
	Feels like temperature (°C)
Feels like temperature (°C)	9°	7°	8°	12°	14°	14°	13°	11°
	Wind direction and speed (mph)
Wind direction and speed (miles per hour)	NW 10	NNW 12	N 12	N 12	N 14	N 14	N 15	N 14
	Wind gust (mph)
Wind gust (miles per hour)	15	17	18	19	23	23	22	21
	Visibility
Visibility	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
	Humidity
Humidity	66%	68%	71%	55%	51%	50%	55%	59%
	UV
UV	-	-	1	4	7	4	1	-

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00
Weather symbol
	Chance of precipitation
Chance of precipitation	<5%	10%	<5%	10%
	Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°C)	13°	13°	13°	15°
	Feels like temperature (°C)
Feels like temperature (°C)	11°	11°	11°	12°
	Wind direction and speed (mph)
Wind direction and speed (miles per hour)	N 13	N 13	N 12	NW 14
	Wind gust (mph)
Wind gust (miles per hour)	20	19	17	21
	Visibility
Visibility	VG	VG	VG	G
	Humidity
Humidity	63%	67%	70%	67%
	UV
UV	-	-	1	4

Updated: 23:00 (UTC) on Wed 13 Nov 2019

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