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Wednesday, April 8

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4/8
70°Hi
RealFeel® 67°
Pleasant
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Pleasant
63° to 81°
Most consider this temperature range ideal.
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RealFeel Shade™ 67°
Pleasant
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Pleasant
63° to 81°
Most consider this temperature range ideal.
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Mostly cloudy and increasingly windy

Max UV Index6.0 (High)

AccuLumen Brightness Index™4 (Dull)

WindS 18 mph

Wind Gusts43 mph

Probability of Precipitation25%

Probability of Thunderstorms0%

Precipitation0.00 in

Cloud Cover85%

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4/8
47°Lo
RealFeel® 39°
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25° to 39°
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Cloudy with a couple of showers; breezy in the evening

WindSW 14 mph

Wind Gusts35 mph

Probability of Precipitation88%

Probability of Thunderstorms18%

Precipitation0.18 in

Rain0.18 in

Hours of Precipitation3

Hours of Rain3

Cloud Cover97%

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Overnight

Sun & Moon

13 hrs 02 mins
Rise 6:28 AM
Set 7:30 PM
Waning Gibbous
Rise 1:36 AM
Set 9:58 AM

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Forecast
70°
47°
Average
57°
36°
Last Year
46°
21°
Record
85°
1931
15°
1972

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