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Today's Weather

Sat, Jul 5

Rather cloudy and breezy with showers and thunderstorms, some heavy; thunderstorms can bring flooding downpours, hail and damaging wind gusts Hi: 83°

Tonight: A heavy thunderstorm this evening; otherwise, mostly cloudy and humid; thunderstorms can bring flooding downpours, hail and damaging wind gusts Lo: 69°

Current Weather

5:34 PM

83°F
RealFeel® 88°
Mostly sunny More Details
RealFeel Shade™ 87°
Wind SSW 9 mph
Wind Gusts 11 mph
Air Quality Fair

Looking Ahead

Thunderstorms, some heavy, this afternoon through this evening

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Clouds
Temperature

Hourly Weather

6 PM 80°
rain drop 64%
7 PM 78°
rain drop 49%
8 PM 78°
rain drop 43%
9 PM 76°
rain drop 47%
10 PM 75°
rain drop 51%
11 PM 73°
rain drop 40%
12 AM 73°
rain drop 34%
1 AM 72°
rain drop 26%
2 AM 72°
rain drop 11%
3 AM 71°
rain drop 11%
4 AM 69°
rain drop 11%
5 AM 71°
rain drop 11%

10-Day Weather Forecast

Today

7/5

83° 69°

Breezy with heavy t-storms

Night: Humid; a heavy t-storm early
100%

Sun

7/6

86° 64°

Partly sunny and humid

Mainly clear
4%

Mon

7/7

86° 66°

Mostly sunny and humid

Clear and humid
6%

Tue

7/8

83° 67°

Humid with a thunderstorm

Humid; an evening t-storm
80%

Wed

7/9

85° 65°

Humid; a stray a.m. t-storm

Partly cloudy and humid
48%

Thu

7/10

82° 66°

Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two

Turning cloudy and humid
65%

Fri

7/11

84° 63°

A couple of t-storms; humid

Cloudy
70%

Sat

7/12

80° 62°

Cloudy, a couple of t-storms

Partly cloudy, a shower late
66%

Sun

7/13

81° 64°

A couple of showers

Partly cloudy
55%

Mon

7/14

84° 66°

High clouds and humid

Mainly clear and humid
6%

Sun & Moon

15 hrs 08 mins
Rise 5:45 AM
Set 8:53 PM
Waxing Gibbous
Rise 4:36 PM
Set 2:02 AM

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Air Quality Fair

The air quality is generally acceptable for most individuals. However, sensitive groups may experience minor to moderate symptoms from long-term exposure.

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