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August 14 - August 28

Fri 8/14

82° /72°
55%
Mainly cloudy and humid with a thunderstorm; thunderstorms can bring flash flooding and localized damaging wind gusts
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Flood Watch

5:00 AM Thursday - 10:00 AM Saturday

RealFeel®88°

RealFeel Shade™87°

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

WindESE 12 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation1

Total Hours of Rain1

Sat 8/15

86° /69°
88%
Some sunshine with a couple of thunderstorms; very humid; thunderstorms can bring flash flooding and localized damaging wind gusts
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Flood Watch

5:00 AM Thursday - 10:00 AM Saturday

RealFeel®97°

RealFeel Shade™92°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindWNW 8 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation3.5

Total Hours of Rain3.5

Sun 8/16

78° /64°
25%
Mostly cloudy and humid

RealFeel®83°

RealFeel Shade™78°

Max UV Index4.0 (Moderate)

WindNNW 9 mph

Mon 8/17

81° /64°
8%
Sunny to partly cloudy and less humid

RealFeel®87°

RealFeel Shade™79°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindW 5 mph

Tue 8/18

80° /70°
25%
Humid with sun and clouds

RealFeel®84°

RealFeel Shade™81°

Max UV Index5.0 (Moderate)

WindS 7 mph

Wed 8/19

80° /65°
82%
Watch for strong morning thunderstorms; humid with variable cloudiness, an afternoon shower in spots

RealFeel®85°

RealFeel Shade™80°

Max UV Index5.0 (Moderate)

WindSE 7 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation3

Total Hours of Rain3

Thu 8/20

77° /64°
7%
Mostly cloudy and humid

RealFeel®81°

RealFeel Shade™78°

Max UV Index4.0 (Moderate)

WindNNW 7 mph

Fri 8/21

74° /63°
14%
Mostly cloudy and humid

RealFeel®79°

RealFeel Shade™76°

Max UV Index4.0 (Moderate)

WindSE 5 mph

Sat 8/22

85° /67°
5%
Mostly sunny and warmer

RealFeel®87°

RealFeel Shade™86°

Max UV Index8.0 (Very High)

WindSE 4 mph

Sun 8/23

81° /62°
49%
A morning shower in spots; otherwise, cloudy and humid

RealFeel®81°

RealFeel Shade™81°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindENE 7 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation1

Total Hours of Rain1

Mon 8/24

81° /63°
57%
A thick cloud cover with a little rain

RealFeel®81°

RealFeel Shade™81°

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

WindE 6 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation2

Total Hours of Rain2

Tue 8/25

78° /62°
55%
A couple of morning showers; otherwise, continued cloudy

RealFeel®78°

RealFeel Shade™76°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindENE 4 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation1

Total Hours of Rain1

Wed 8/26

94° /73°
20%
Sunny to partly cloudy

RealFeel®100°

RealFeel Shade™92°

Max UV Index7.0 (High)

WindSSW 5 mph

Thu 8/27

87° /68°
55%
Cloudy and humid with a thunderstorm in spots

RealFeel®93°

RealFeel Shade™93°

Max UV Index2.0 (Low)

WindENE 7 mph

Total Hours of Precipitation2

Total Hours of Rain2

Fri 8/28

77° /62°
5%
Plenty of sunshine

RealFeel®80°

RealFeel Shade™75°

Max UV Index7.0 (High)

WindSSE 7 mph

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