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Today

22° 12°

Heavy rain changing to cloudy by early evening.

Sunrise: 06:22

Sunset: 20:49

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Mon Monday

22° 12°

Sunny changing to cloudy by early evening.

Sunrise: 06:24

Sunset: 20:47

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Tue Tuesday

21° 11°

Sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 06:25

Sunset: 20:45

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Wed Wednesday

22° 12°

Sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 06:27

Sunset: 20:43

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Thu Thursday

23° 13°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:28

Sunset: 20:41

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Fri Friday

24° 14°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:30

Sunset: 20:39

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Sat Saturday

26° 16°

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:31

Sunset: 20:37

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                        Heavy rain changing to cloudy by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:22
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:49
                                    
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                                                UV

                        Sunny changing to cloudy by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:24
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:47
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:25
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:45
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:27
                                    
Sunset:
                                            20:43
                                    
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Today (18 August 2019)

Now	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
90%	90%	≥95%	≥95%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	80%	80%	50%	50%	50%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
16°	15°	15°	15°	15°	16°	16°	17°	19°	20°	21°	21°	19°	18°	18°	17°	17°	16°	16°
Feels like temperature (°C)
16°	14°	14°	15°	15°	15°	16°	17°	18°	18°	19°	19°	18°	17°	16°	16°	16°	15°	15°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SW 4	WSW 5	WSW 5	SW 3	S 5	SSE 6	SE 7	SE 9	SW 12	SW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	W 9	WSW 8	WSW 7	WSW 7	SW 6	SW 6
Wind gust (mph)
11	11	12	8	10	12	14	16	25	28	27	26	26	23	20	18	16	13	13
Visibility
P	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G
Humidity
95%	91%	93%	92%	93%	93%	92%	91%	88%	87%	85%	84%	83%	83%	83%	85%	84%	86%	87%
UV
-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-

Monday (19 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%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
16°	15°	14°	14°	13°	13°	13°	13°	14°	15°	16°	18°	19°	20°	21°	21°	21°	21°	20°	20°	19°	18°	18°	17°
Feels like temperature (°C)
14°	13°	13°	12°	11°	11°	11°	11°	12°	13°	14°	16°	16°	17°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	17°	17°	16°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	SW 8	SW 8	SW 8	SW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 9	WSW 8	WSW 7	WSW 6	SW 5	SW 5
Wind gust (mph)
16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	22	24	26	27	28	28	28	26	25	22	20	17	15	12	11
Visibility
G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
85%	81%	78%	77%	78%	80%	81%	82%	83%	78%	73%	65%	61%	56%	53%	51%	49%	49%	51%	53%	56%	60%	65%	69%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	-	-	-

Tuesday (20 August 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
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
16°	16°	15°	14°	14°	17°	20°	20°	18°	15°
Feels like temperature (°C)
15°	15°	14°	13°	13°	16°	18°	18°	17°	14°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SW 5	SW 4	SW 4	SW 5	SW 5	WSW 7	WSW 8	W 8	WNW 6	NW 4
Wind gust (mph)
10	9	9	9	11	17	20	18	14	9
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
70%	73%	76%	83%	84%	69%	56%	54%	63%	75%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	4	5	2	1	-

Wednesday (21 August 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%	10%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
13°	12°	13°	17°	20°	20°	19°	16°
Feels like temperature (°C)
13°	11°	12°	17°	19°	20°	19°	16°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
W 4	SSW 3	S 3	WSW 5	W 5	WNW 5	WNW 4	ESE 4
Wind gust (mph)
6	6	7	13	14	13	8	7
Visibility
VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
83%	88%	88%	68%	54%	50%	62%	74%
UV
-	-	1	4	5	2	1	-

Thursday (22 August 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%	10%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
14°	13°	14°	19°	22°	22°	20°	17°
Feels like temperature (°C)
14°	13°	14°	19°	21°	20°	20°	16°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
N 4	SE 4	SE 4	WNW 6	WNW 7	W 7	N 5	NE 4
Wind gust (mph)
6	6	8	13	17	16	9	7
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
77%	81%	78%	62%	51%	51%	65%	79%
UV
-	-	1	4	5	2	1	-

Friday (23 August 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)
15°	14°	14°	20°	22°	22°	21°	18°
Feels like temperature (°C)
14°	13°	14°	20°	22°	22°	21°	18°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5
Wind gust (mph)
7	7	8	12	15	13	9	9
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
85%	87%	86%	68%	56%	55%	67%	74%
UV
-	-	1	4	5	2	1	-

Saturday (24 August 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)
16°	16°	16°	21°	24°	24°	22°	21°
Feels like temperature (°C)
16°	15°	16°	21°	24°	23°	23°	20°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
E 5	E 5	ESE 4	E 6	E 7	E 6	E 5	E 5
Wind gust (mph)
9	9	8	13	17	14	9	10
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
78%	80%	80%	64%	51%	53%	65%	65%
UV
-	-	1	4	4	2	1	-

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