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August 12 - August 26

Wed 8/12

88° /73°
98%
Humid with heavy thunderstorms; cloudy and breezy this morning, then clouds and sun this afternoon; storms can bring flash flooding and damaging winds
alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

3:20 PM Wednesday - 9:00 PM Wednesday

alerts

Flood Watch

8:44 AM Wednesday - 8:00 AM Thursday

RealFeel®94°

RealFeel Shade™91°

Max UV Index5.0 (Moderate)

WindSSW 14 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation3.5

Total Hours of Rain3.5

Thu 8/13

93° /76°
55%
Mainly cloudy and humid; a thunderstorm in the afternoon
alerts

Flood Watch

8:44 AM Wednesday - 8:00 AM Thursday

RealFeel®101°

RealFeel Shade™98°

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

WindSW 7 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation0.5

Total Hours of Rain0.5

Fri 8/14

97° /78°
55%
Clouds and sun with a thunderstorm; hot with the temperature approaching the record high of 99 set in 2010; thunderstorms can bring hail and damaging winds

RealFeel®108°

RealFeel Shade™102°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindS 7 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation1

Total Hours of Rain1

Sat 8/15

98° /76°
56%
Hot with clouds and sun; an afternoon thunderstorm; caution advised if outside for extended periods of time

RealFeel®108°

RealFeel Shade™100°

Max UV Index9.0 (Very High)

WindSSW 7 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation1

Total Hours of Rain1

Sun 8/16

98° /76°
55%
Mostly sunny and toasty conditions; a thunderstorm around in the afternoon; caution advised if outside for extended periods of time

RealFeel®104°

RealFeel Shade™99°

Max UV Index9.0 (Very High)

WindWSW 9 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation0.5

Total Hours of Rain0.5

Mon 8/17

92° /72°
70%
A passing shower or two in the morning; otherwise, mostly cloudy and humid

RealFeel®97°

RealFeel Shade™94°

Max UV Index4.0 (Moderate)

WindWNW 8 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation1.5

Total Hours of Rain1.5

Tue 8/18

89° /71°
14%
Mostly sunny and humid

RealFeel®96°

RealFeel Shade™88°

Max UV Index9.0 (Very High)

WindN 7 mph

Wed 8/19

92° /72°
1%
Plenty of sunshine

RealFeel®97°

RealFeel Shade™91°

Max UV Index9.0 (Very High)

WindWSW 5 mph

Thu 8/20

91° /72°
55%
Partly sunny with a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon

RealFeel®99°

RealFeel Shade™92°

Max UV Index9.0 (Very High)

WindWSW 6 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation0.5

Total Hours of Rain0.5

Fri 8/21

93° /74°
40%
Mostly sunny with a thunderstorm in one or two spots in the afternoon

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™93°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindSSW 6 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation0.5

Total Hours of Rain0.5

Sat 8/22

94° /73°
1%
Partly sunny and toasty conditions

RealFeel®104°

RealFeel Shade™96°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindWNW 5 mph

Sun 8/23

88° /69°
64%
Partly sunny with a thunderstorm or two in the afternoon

RealFeel®99°

RealFeel Shade™88°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindNNE 4 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation1

Total Hours of Rain1

Mon 8/24

85° /67°
55%
Rather cloudy; a morning thunderstorm in parts of the area followed by a little rain in the afternoon

RealFeel®88°

RealFeel Shade™84°

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

WindNNE 5 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation1.5

Total Hours of Rain1.5

Tue 8/25

86° /62°
10%
Mostly sunny

RealFeel®94°

RealFeel Shade™85°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindE 5 mph

Wed 8/26

88° /70°
20%
Sunshine

RealFeel®94°

RealFeel Shade™87°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindSE 4 mph

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