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Wind Advisory

December 18 - January 31

Thu 12/18

45° /11°
94%
Winds gusting past 40 mph; cooler with occasional rain and drizzle this morning followed by a couple of flurries this afternoon; winds will be locally damaging
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Wind Advisory

9:00 AM Thursday - 9:00 PM Thursday
alerts

Special Weather Statement

2:21 PM Thursday - 6:00 PM Thursday

RealFeel®39°

RealFeel Shade™39°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindWNW 23 mph

Fri 12/19

34° /31°
0%
Colder with times of clouds and sun; breezy in the afternoon

RealFeel®18°

RealFeel Shade™18°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSSW 12 mph

Sat 12/20

42° /20°
9%
Partly sunny

RealFeel®36°

RealFeel Shade™34°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindNW 13 mph

Sun 12/21

38° /31°
1%
More sun than clouds

RealFeel®32°

RealFeel Shade™30°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSSE 8 mph

Mon 12/22

49° /36°
7%
Breezy in the morning; otherwise, periods of clouds and sunshine

RealFeel®41°

RealFeel Shade™40°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSSW 14 mph

Tue 12/23

46° /36°
7%
Sun and areas of high clouds

RealFeel®43°

RealFeel Shade™41°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindWNW 8 mph

Wed 12/24

49° /42°
14%
Mainly cloudy

RealFeel®44°

RealFeel Shade™44°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindE 8 mph

Thu 12/25

54° /31°
25%
Mostly sunny

RealFeel®56°

RealFeel Shade™52°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSSW 6 mph

Fri 12/26

46° /33°
0%
Times of clouds and sun

RealFeel®42°

RealFeel Shade™40°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindWNW 8 mph

Sat 12/27

46° /33°
12%
Mostly cloudy

RealFeel®43°

RealFeel Shade™43°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindW 6 mph

Sun 12/28

38° /28°
3%
Partly sunny

RealFeel®38°

RealFeel Shade™35°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindNE 5 mph

Mon 12/29

42° /26°
1%
Clouds and sunshine

RealFeel®42°

RealFeel Shade™41°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSSE 5 mph

Tue 12/30

41° /27°
0%
Brilliant sunshine

RealFeel®41°

RealFeel Shade™39°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindWNW 5 mph

Wed 12/31

43° /28°
20%
Times of sun and clouds

RealFeel®37°

RealFeel Shade™37°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindWSW 10 mph

Thu 1/1

41° /24°
25%
Mostly cloudy

RealFeel®35°

RealFeel Shade™35°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindE 9 mph

Fri 1/2

42° /28°
25%
Cloudy

RealFeel®34°

RealFeel Shade™34°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindSSW 12 mph

Sat 1/3

43° /25°
25%
Sun followed by increasing clouds

RealFeel®36°

RealFeel Shade™36°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindNNW 10 mph

Sun 1/4

39° /24°
20%
Mostly sunny

RealFeel®40°

RealFeel Shade™38°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindW 6 mph

Mon 1/5

40° /24°
20%
After a cloudy start, sunshine returns

RealFeel®32°

RealFeel Shade™30°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSSW 12 mph

Tue 1/6

40° /23°
20%
Plenty of sunshine

RealFeel®41°

RealFeel Shade™37°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSW 6 mph

Wed 1/7

39° /25°
10%
Mostly sunny

RealFeel®33°

RealFeel Shade™31°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSSW 10 mph

Thu 1/8

41° /24°
25%
After a cloudy start, sun returns

RealFeel®38°

RealFeel Shade™36°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSSW 9 mph

Fri 1/9

40° /22°
25%
Cloudy

RealFeel®37°

RealFeel Shade™37°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindNNE 8 mph

Sat 1/10

31° /12°
20%
Colder with clouds and sun

RealFeel®22°

RealFeel Shade™19°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindN 10 mph

Sun 1/11

22° /8°
56%
Snow at times

RealFeel®16°

RealFeel Shade™16°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindNNE 7 mph

Mon 1/12

22° /17°
25%
Sun followed by increasing clouds

RealFeel®8°

RealFeel Shade™8°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindS 10 mph

Tue 1/13

38° /22°
25%
Intervals of clouds and sunshine

RealFeel®29°

RealFeel Shade™29°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindSW 13 mph

Wed 1/14

39° /22°
56%
A thick cloud cover with a little ice mixing with, then changing to rain

RealFeel®31°

RealFeel Shade™31°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindNNE 10 mph

Thu 1/15

31° /20°
59%
Intermittent snow

RealFeel®23°

RealFeel Shade™23°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindNNE 9 mph

Fri 1/16

22° /16°
25%
Mostly cloudy

RealFeel®17°

RealFeel Shade™17°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindNNW 7 mph

Sat 1/17

23° /12°
20%
Partly sunny

RealFeel®34°

RealFeel Shade™27°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindWNW 1 mph

Sun 1/18

28° /22°
60%
Periods of snow

RealFeel®28°

RealFeel Shade™28°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindSE 4 mph

Mon 1/19

31° /23°
25%
Cloudy

RealFeel®31°

RealFeel Shade™31°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindNW 5 mph

Tue 1/20

31° /22°
25%
Remaining cloudy

RealFeel®26°

RealFeel Shade™26°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindWNW 7 mph

Wed 1/21

28° /22°
25%
Increasing amounts of sun

RealFeel®29°

RealFeel Shade™28°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindS 5 mph

Thu 1/22

34° /23°
25%
Cloudy

RealFeel®29°

RealFeel Shade™29°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindS 8 mph

Fri 1/23

36° /22°
25%
Mostly cloudy

RealFeel®32°

RealFeel Shade™32°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindWNW 6 mph

Sat 1/24

34° /20°
20%
Plenty of sun

RealFeel®39°

RealFeel Shade™35°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindWSW 5 mph

Sun 1/25

38° /22°
20%
Sunshine

RealFeel®36°

RealFeel Shade™33°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindSW 7 mph

Mon 1/26

38° /22°
25%
Increasing cloudiness

RealFeel®36°

RealFeel Shade™36°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindW 6 mph

Tue 1/27

37° /14°
25%
Times of clouds and sun

RealFeel®35°

RealFeel Shade™35°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindNW 7 mph

Wed 1/28

24° /15°
25%
Cloudy and colder

RealFeel®23°

RealFeel Shade™23°

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

WindSW 6 mph

Thu 1/29

33° /8°
25%
Not as cold with sun followed by increasing clouds

RealFeel®36°

RealFeel Shade™34°

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

WindNE 5 mph

Fri 1/30

40° /21°
1%
Mostly sunny

RealFeel®29°

RealFeel Shade™27°

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

WindNW 15 mph

Sat 1/31

36° /6°
6%
Mostly sunny

RealFeel®31°

RealFeel Shade™28°

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

WindNW 12 mph

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