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Today

24° 18°

Light showers changing to clear by early evening.

Sunrise: 06:29

Sunset: 18:09

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Mon Monday

25° 18°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:29

Sunset: 18:09

VH
Tue Tuesday

25° 19°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:28

Sunset: 18:10

VH
Wed Wednesday

25° 18°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:27

Sunset: 18:10

VH
Thu Thursday

25° 17°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:26

Sunset: 18:10

VH
Fri Friday

25° 17°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:26

Sunset: 18:10

VH
Sat Saturday

25° 16°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:25

Sunset: 18:10

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Sun Sunday

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:24

Sunset: 18:10

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                        Light showers changing to clear by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:29
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:09
                                    
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Today (25 August 2019)

Now	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
40%	40%	40%	40%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
24°	24°	23°	23°	22°	21°	21°	20°	20°	19°
Feels like temperature (°C)
23°	23°	22°	22°	22°	21°	21°	20°	20°	20°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 9	SE 8	SE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	S 6	S 6
Wind gust (mph)
23	23	23	20	17	14	13	12	11	11
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
69%	69%	69%	72%	76%	80%	82%	85%	87%	88%
UV
5	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Monday (26 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
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
19°	19°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	20°	22°	24°	24°	25°	25°	25°	24°	24°	23°	22°	21°	21°	20°	20°	20°
Feels like temperature (°C)
19°	19°	19°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	19°	21°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	23°	22°	22°	21°	21°	20°	20°	20°	19°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	SE 10	SE 11	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 10	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8
Wind gust (mph)
11	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	17	20	23	24	26	27	26	25	25	22	20	17	17	16	15	14
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
89%	91%	91%	91%	92%	91%	91%	90%	82%	74%	65%	62%	58%	54%	56%	57%	58%	64%	70%	77%	79%	81%	83%	84%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	6	7	7	8	6	4	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Tuesday (27 August 2019)

00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
19°	19°	19°	19°	18°	18°	18°	18°	20°	22°	23°	25°	24°	21°	20°
Feels like temperature (°C)
19°	19°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	19°	21°	22°	23°	22°	20°	20°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
S 8	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 10	SE 11	SE 13	SE 13	SE 11	SSE 9
Wind gust (mph)
14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	18	20	23	27	26	19	17
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
85%	86%	87%	88%	89%	89%	89%	89%	81%	72%	64%	55%	60%	78%	86%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5	6	8	2	-	-

Wednesday (28 August 2019)

01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
19°	19°	19°	23°	25°	24°	22°	21°
Feels like temperature (°C)
19°	18°	18°	22°	23°	23°	21°	21°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
S 8	S 9	S 9	SE 11	SE 13	SE 12	SE 9	SSE 8
Wind gust (mph)
15	15	15	23	26	23	16	14
Visibility
VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	G
Humidity
89%	91%	91%	68%	58%	62%	80%	91%
UV
-	-	1	7	8	2	-	-

Thursday (29 August 2019)

01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
19°	18°	18°	23°	25°	24°	22°	20°
Feels like temperature (°C)
20°	19°	18°	23°	24°	23°	21°	21°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
S 7	S 7	S 8	SSE 9	SE 12	SE 12	SE 9	SSE 7
Wind gust (mph)
12	11	12	17	24	23	15	12
Visibility
G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	G
Humidity
94%	94%	93%	69%	59%	62%	79%	90%
UV
-	-	1	7	8	2	-	-

Friday (30 August 2019)

01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
19°	18°	18°	23°	25°	24°	21°	20°
Feels like temperature (°C)
19°	18°	18°	23°	23°	22°	21°	20°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
S 5	S 6	S 7	SSE 9	SE 11	ESE 11	SE 9	SSE 7
Wind gust (mph)
10	11	13	17	24	23	15	13
Visibility
G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
91%	91%	89%	65%	53%	56%	74%	85%
UV
-	-	1	7	8	2	-	-

Saturday (31 August 2019)

01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
18°	17°	19°	23°	24°	23°	21°	19°
Feels like temperature (°C)
18°	17°	18°	21°	22°	21°	20°	19°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
S 6	S 6	S 8	SSE 10	SE 12	SE 12	SE 10	SSE 8
Wind gust (mph)
12	13	15	20	25	25	18	14
Visibility
G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
86%	86%	82%	62%	53%	53%	67%	81%
UV
-	-	1	7	7	3	-	-

Sunday (1 September 2019)

01:00	04:00	07:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
17°	17°	19°
Feels like temperature (°C)
17°	16°	18°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
S 6	S 6	S 6
Wind gust (mph)
13	14	18
Visibility
VG	VG	E
Humidity
79%	80%	56%
UV
-	-	3

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