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Today

27° 12°

Clear.

Sunrise: 06:29

Sunset: 18:03

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Fri Friday

25° 15°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:29

Sunset: 18:03

VH
Sat Saturday

24° 17°

Sunny changing to light showers in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 06:28

Sunset: 18:03

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Sun Sunday

24° 16°

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.

Sunrise: 06:27

Sunset: 18:03

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Mon Monday

25° 15°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:26

Sunset: 18:03

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Tue Tuesday

26° 16°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:26

Sunset: 18:04

VH
Wed Wednesday

25° 17°

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

Sunrise: 06:25

Sunset: 18:04

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Thu Thursday

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:24

Sunset: 18:04

H

                        Sunny changing to light showers in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:28
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:03
                                    
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                                                UV

                        Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:27
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:03
                                    
                                                H
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:25
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:04
                                    
                                                H
                                            
                                                UV

Today (22 August 2019)

Now	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
17°	16°	16°
Feels like temperature (°C)
18°	17°	16°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 3	W 2	WSW 3
Wind gust (mph)
4	4	5
Visibility
VG	VG	VG
Humidity
73%	80%	78%
UV
-	-	-

Friday (23 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)
15°	14°	14°	13°	13°	13°	13°	12°	15°	19°	22°	23°	24°	25°	24°	23°	22°	22°	21°	20°	20°	19°	19°	18°
Feels like temperature (°C)
15°	14°	14°	13°	12°	12°	12°	11°	14°	17°	20°	20°	21°	21°	21°	20°	19°	19°	19°	19°	18°	18°	18°	18°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SW 3	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	SE 8	ESE 10	E 11	E 12	E 13	E 14	E 12	E 11	E 10	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	SE 8
Wind gust (mph)
6	6	7	7	7	8	9	10	12	14	16	18	21	23	24	25	26	23	19	16	15	14	13	13
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	E	E	E	E	E	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
76%	75%	76%	76%	77%	74%	71%	67%	56%	44%	33%	32%	30%	29%	34%	39%	44%	51%	58%	65%	69%	73%	77%	79%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	6	7	7	8	6	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Saturday (24 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%	10%	10%	10%	30%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
18°	17°	17°	16°	15°	15°	15°	15°	17°	19°	22°	23°	22°	21°	20°
Feels like temperature (°C)
17°	17°	16°	16°	15°	15°	15°	15°	17°	19°	22°	22°	20°	20°	19°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SE 7	SE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 6	E 11	E 12	E 10	ESE 9
Wind gust (mph)
12	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	11	13	15	23	22	16	14
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G
Humidity
81%	83%	85%	87%	89%	89%	90%	91%	83%	76%	69%	63%	69%	78%	84%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	5	6	1	-	-

Sunday (25 August 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
10%	30%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
19°	18°	17°	22°	24°	23°	21°	19°
Feels like temperature (°C)
19°	18°	17°	22°	23°	22°	21°	20°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
ESE 7	SE 6	SSE 5	ESE 7	E 9	ENE 9	E 7	E 6
Wind gust (mph)
12	10	8	16	20	19	10	10
Visibility
G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
88%	91%	94%	67%	56%	60%	77%	89%
UV
-	-	1	6	7	2	-	-

Monday (26 August 2019)

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

Chance of precipitation
<5%	30%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
19°	17°	16°	23°	25°	24°	21°	19°
Feels like temperature (°C)
19°	18°	17°	23°	24°	22°	21°	19°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
ESE 6	SSE 4	S 4	SE 5	ENE 8	ENE 11	E 7	SE 7
Wind gust (mph)
10	7	7	13	20	22	10	10
Visibility
G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
92%	95%	96%	65%	46%	52%	75%	86%
UV
-	-	1	6	7	2	-	-

Tuesday (27 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)
17°	15°	15°	23°	25°	24°	21°	20°
Feels like temperature (°C)
17°	15°	15°	23°	24°	21°	20°	20°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SSE 5	SSE 4	S 4	SE 6	E 10	ENE 12	E 8	ESE 8
Wind gust (mph)
8	7	7	14	22	23	12	12
Visibility
VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
90%	93%	93%	61%	44%	49%	74%	85%
UV
-	-	1	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)
18°	17°	16°	23°	24°	23°	21°	20°
Feels like temperature (°C)
18°	17°	16°	23°	22°	21°	21°	20°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	ESE 7	E 10	ENE 11	E 9	ESE 7
Wind gust (mph)
10	8	8	16	22	22	14	10
Visibility
VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
89%	93%	93%	63%	54%	57%	73%	84%
UV
-	-	1	6	6	2	-	-

Thursday (29 August 2019)

01:00	04:00	07:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
19°	17°	19°
Feels like temperature (°C)
19°	18°	19°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SE 5	S 4	S 5
Wind gust (mph)
8	6	9
Visibility
VG	VG	VG
Humidity
89%	92%	84%
UV
-	-	2

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