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Flood Watch

July 18 - August 31

Fri 7/18

84° /71°
98%
Cloudy and humid with a couple of showers and a heavy thunderstorm; watch for flash flooding
alerts

Flood Watch

2:00 PM Thursday - 8:00 PM Friday

RealFeel®96°

RealFeel Shade™91°

Max UV Index3 (Moderate)

WindWSW 5 mph

Sat 7/19

83° /70°
91%
Humid; a heavy morning shower followed by a heavy thunderstorm around in the afternoon; storms can bring flash flooding and damaging winds

RealFeel®97°

RealFeel Shade™90°

Max UV Index5 (Moderate)

WindSW 5 mph

Sun 7/20

82° /70°
91%
Cloudy and humid with a couple of showers and a heavy thunderstorm; watch for flash flooding

RealFeel®92°

RealFeel Shade™88°

Max UV Index3 (Moderate)

WindWSW 7 mph

Mon 7/21

81° /65°
91%
Cloudy and humid with a couple of showers and a heavy thunderstorm; watch for flash flooding

RealFeel®92°

RealFeel Shade™88°

Max UV Index3 (Moderate)

WindNE 2 mph

Tue 7/22

85° /72°
40%
Partly sunny and humid; a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon

RealFeel®102°

RealFeel Shade™92°

Max UV Index11 (Extreme)

WindENE 1 mph

Wed 7/23

88° /73°
38%
Mostly cloudy and humid; a thunderstorm in parts of the area in the afternoon

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™95°

Max UV Index7 (High)

WindSW 4 mph

Thu 7/24

89° /72°
39%
Intervals of clouds and sunshine with a stray thunderstorm; humid

RealFeel®104°

RealFeel Shade™98°

Max UV Index11 (Extreme)

WindWSW 6 mph

Fri 7/25

87° /70°
71%
Rather cloudy with a couple of thunderstorms, especially late; humid

RealFeel®99°

RealFeel Shade™92°

Max UV Index10 (Very High)

WindSW 5 mph

Sat 7/26

87° /69°
68%
Watch for strong afternoon thunderstorms; otherwise, watch for a strong morning thunderstorm, partly sunny and humid

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™93°

Max UV Index7 (High)

WindSW 8 mph

Sun 7/27

86° /67°
39%
Times of clouds and sun with a thunderstorm in spots; humid

RealFeel®99°

RealFeel Shade™96°

Max UV Index6 (High)

WindWNW 4 mph

Mon 7/28

83° /66°
57%
A little rain in the morning; otherwise, humid with decreasing clouds

RealFeel®94°

RealFeel Shade™92°

Max UV Index10 (Very High)

WindNNE 6 mph

Tue 7/29

82° /64°
3%
Mostly sunny and humid

RealFeel®96°

RealFeel Shade™90°

Max UV Index10 (Very High)

WindN 5 mph

Wed 7/30

81° /65°
25%
Increasing cloudiness and less humid

RealFeel®84°

RealFeel Shade™80°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindSW 9 mph

Thu 7/31

86° /68°
25%
Cloudy and humid

RealFeel®91°

RealFeel Shade™88°

Max UV Index3 (Moderate)

WindSSW 4 mph

Fri 8/1

87° /69°
25%
Humid with decreasing clouds

RealFeel®97°

RealFeel Shade™87°

Max UV Index10 (Very High)

WindSW 6 mph

Sat 8/2

88° /69°
10%
Mostly sunny

RealFeel®95°

RealFeel Shade™86°

Max UV Index10 (Very High)

WindSW 6 mph

Sun 8/3

88° /68°
25%
Cloudy and humid

RealFeel®92°

RealFeel Shade™90°

Max UV Index3 (Moderate)

WindNE 6 mph

Mon 8/4

82° /67°
25%
Humid with considerable cloudiness

RealFeel®84°

RealFeel Shade™84°

Max UV Index3 (Moderate)

WindNNE 6 mph

Tue 8/5

81° /64°
25%
Less humid with clouds giving way to some sun

RealFeel®83°

RealFeel Shade™78°

Max UV Index4 (Moderate)

WindNNE 6 mph

Wed 8/6

81° /62°
5%
Plenty of sunshine

RealFeel®90°

RealFeel Shade™79°

Max UV Index10 (Very High)

WindNE 4 mph

Thu 8/7

82° /64°
20%
Partly sunny

RealFeel®89°

RealFeel Shade™79°

Max UV Index10 (Very High)

WindSSW 5 mph

Fri 8/8

84° /68°
65%
Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm in the afternoon

RealFeel®86°

RealFeel Shade™85°

Max UV Index4 (Moderate)

WindSW 7 mph

Sat 8/9

81° /67°
58%
A couple of showers in the morning; otherwise, mostly cloudy and humid

RealFeel®86°

RealFeel Shade™82°

Max UV Index3 (Moderate)

WindN 5 mph

Sun 8/10

81° /65°
25%
Brilliant sunshine

RealFeel®91°

RealFeel Shade™81°

Max UV Index10 (Very High)

WindNE 5 mph

Mon 8/11

82° /65°
10%
Sunny

RealFeel®92°

RealFeel Shade™82°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindNE 4 mph

Tue 8/12

83° /66°
10%
Mostly sunny

RealFeel®92°

RealFeel Shade™82°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindS 4 mph

Wed 8/13

85° /67°
10%
Sunny

RealFeel®93°

RealFeel Shade™84°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindSSW 5 mph

Thu 8/14

86° /68°
10%
Mostly sunny and humid

RealFeel®94°

RealFeel Shade™87°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindSSW 7 mph

Fri 8/15

86° /68°
65%
Rather cloudy and humid; a couple of afternoon showers and a thunderstorm

RealFeel®92°

RealFeel Shade™92°

Max UV Index5 (Moderate)

WindSW 7 mph

Sat 8/16

81° /67°
70%
Humid with variable cloudiness; showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon

RealFeel®90°

RealFeel Shade™86°

Max UV Index6 (High)

WindS 4 mph

Sun 8/17

81° /67°
25%
Humid with times of clouds and sun

RealFeel®89°

RealFeel Shade™87°

Max UV Index3 (Moderate)

WindSE 2 mph

Mon 8/18

83° /66°
5%
Sunny and humid

RealFeel®96°

RealFeel Shade™89°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindE 4 mph

Tue 8/19

86° /67°
10%
Mostly sunny and humid

RealFeel®97°

RealFeel Shade™93°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindSSW 5 mph

Wed 8/20

86° /67°
25%
Mostly sunny and humid

RealFeel®96°

RealFeel Shade™91°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindSSW 5 mph

Thu 8/21

85° /66°
65%
Humid with times of sun and clouds; a couple of afternoon showers and a thunderstorm

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™89°

Max UV Index9 (Very High)

WindSW 4 mph

Fri 8/22

85° /67°
25%
Humid with some sun

RealFeel®93°

RealFeel Shade™89°

Max UV Index6 (High)

WindNNE 4 mph

Sat 8/23

86° /67°
10%
Sunny and humid

RealFeel®97°

RealFeel Shade™89°

Max UV Index8 (Very High)

WindENE 5 mph

Sun 8/24

86° /66°
10%
Mostly sunny and humid

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™88°

Max UV Index8 (Very High)

WindSSW 4 mph

Mon 8/25

87° /67°
5%
Sunshine and humid

RealFeel®97°

RealFeel Shade™88°

Max UV Index8 (Very High)

WindSW 4 mph

Tue 8/26

87° /67°
10%
Sunshine and humid

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™89°

Max UV Index8 (Very High)

WindWSW 2 mph

Wed 8/27

86° /66°
5%
Warm and humid with abundant sunshine

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™90°

Max UV Index8 (Very High)

WindNNE 5 mph

Thu 8/28

86° /65°
20%
Partly sunny, warm and humid

RealFeel®91°

RealFeel Shade™86°

Max UV Index5 (Moderate)

WindNNW 4 mph

Fri 8/29

79° /65°
25%
Times of clouds and sun

RealFeel®86°

RealFeel Shade™78°

Max UV Index8 (Very High)

WindNNE 5 mph

Sat 8/30

85° /64°
5%
Sunshine and a few clouds

RealFeel®90°

RealFeel Shade™83°

Max UV Index8 (Very High)

WindNNE 5 mph

Sun 8/31

82° /60°
59%
Times of sun and clouds with a couple of thunderstorms; humid

RealFeel®84°

RealFeel Shade™83°

Max UV Index6 (High)

WindSW 9 mph

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