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Tuesday, May 6

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5/6

47°Lo

RealFeel® 39°

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25° to 39°

Coats and hats are appropriate, consider gloves and a scarf.

Partly cloudy; breezy late

WindNNE 14 mph

Wind Gusts31 mph

Probability of Precipitation2%

Probability of Thunderstorms0%

Precipitation0.00 in

Cloud Cover45%

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14 hrs 24 mins

Rise 6:21 AM

Set 8:45 PM

Waxing Gibbous

Rise 3:03 PM

Set 4:13 AM

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80°

47°

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66°

43°

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