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Today

12° 7°

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 07:12

Sunset: 17:46

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Wed Wednesday

11° 6°

Cloudy changing to sunny by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 07:10

Sunset: 17:48

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Thu Thursday

13° 6°

Partly cloudy.

Sunrise: 07:09

Sunset: 17:49

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Fri Friday

10° 6°

Cloudy changing to heavy rain in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 07:07

Sunset: 17:50

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Sat Saturday

12° 6°

Clear.

Sunrise: 07:05

Sunset: 17:51

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Sun Sunday

11° 4°

Partly cloudy changing to sunny by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 07:04

Sunset: 17:52

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Mon Monday

11° 5°

Clear.

Sunrise: 07:02

Sunset: 17:53

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Tue Tuesday

Partly cloudy changing to sunny by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:01

Sunset: 17:54

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                        Cloudy changing to sunny by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:10
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:48
                                    
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                                                UV

                        Partly cloudy.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:09
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:49
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to heavy rain in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:07
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:50
                                    
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                                                UV

                        Partly cloudy changing to sunny by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:04
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:52
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Partly cloudy changing to sunny by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:01
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:54
                                    
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                                                UV

Today (20 August 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
11°	11°	11°	11°	10°	10°	10°
Feels like temperature (°C)
9°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NE 15	NE 14	NNE 14	NNE 13	NNE 12	N 11	N 10
Wind gust (mph)
26	23	22	21	20	18	17
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G
Humidity
76%	83%	84%	85%	86%	86%	87%
UV
1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wednesday (21 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	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	11°	11°	11°	11°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)
8°	8°	8°	8°	7°	7°	7°	7°	8°	8°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	8°	8°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
N 9	NNW 8	NNW 8	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	WNW 7	WNW 7	W 7	W 7	WSW 7	WSW 7	SSW 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	E 8	ENE 9	ENE 8	NNE 8	N 7	N 7	N 8
Wind gust (mph)
15	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
87%	88%	89%	89%	89%	89%	90%	88%	87%	86%	79%	73%	67%	66%	65%	64%	72%	80%	87%	86%	86%	85%	84%	82%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thursday (22 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	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	30%	30%	30%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	9°	9°	10°	11°	12°	13°	12°	10°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)
7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	6°	6°	7°	7°	8°	9°	11°	12°	12°	9°	8°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 6	NW 6	NNW 5	N 6	NW 7	NW 7
Wind gust (mph)
14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	13
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
81%	82%	82%	83%	83%	83%	83%	82%	80%	79%	72%	65%	58%	56%	73%	75%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	3	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
10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	70%	70%	70%
Temperature (°C)
9°	8°	8°	9°	10°	9°	9°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)
7°	6°	6°	7°	8°	6°	6°	5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNW 7	NNW 7	NW 7	NW 6	W 9	SW 15	SW 15	WSW 17
Wind gust (mph)
12	13	12	11	17	26	26	29
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
78%	79%	80%	81%	76%	80%	89%	90%
UV
-	-	-	1	2	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
20%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
9°	9°	8°	9°	11°	12°	10°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)
6°	6°	5°	7°	10°	10°	8°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WSW 17	WSW 14	W 12	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 10	W 10	WNW 10
Wind gust (mph)
29	25	21	16	17	21	19	19
Visibility
G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
88%	88%	88%	80%	61%	54%	67%	72%
UV
-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-

Sunday (25 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%	20%	60%	40%	10%
Temperature (°C)
9°	9°	9°	10°	11°	10°	9°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)
7°	7°	6°	8°	8°	7°	5°	5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NW 10	WNW 10	W 12	W 12	WSW 17	WSW 19	WSW 16	WSW 15
Wind gust (mph)
19	20	24	23	34	36	29	25
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
73%	75%	74%	70%	57%	58%	69%	75%
UV
-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-

Monday (26 August 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%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
8°	7°	7°	9°	11°	11°	9°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)
5°	4°	4°	6°	9°	9°	8°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
W 12	W 9	WNW 9	WNW 7	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	N 8
Wind gust (mph)
20	17	16	15	16	17	14	14
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
77%	79%	81%	68%	54%	57%	74%	80%
UV
-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-

Tuesday (27 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
8°	8°	7°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)
6°	5°	5°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 8	NW 8	NW 8	WNW 9
Wind gust (mph)
14	16	16	20
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
82%	81%	82%	70%
UV
-	-	-	1

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