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Hourly 10-Day Radar MinuteCast® Monthly Air Quality Health & Activities

Today's Weather

Fri, May 1

Cloudy and breezy with a couple of showers around; a heavy thunderstorm later; thunderstorms can bring flooding downpours, hail and damaging wind gusts Hi: 71°

Tonight: Cloudy and breezy; showers and a heavier thunderstorm early, then rain and a t-storm; thunderstorms can bring flooding downpours, hail and damaging wind gusts Lo: 58°

Current Weather

9:24 AM

71°F
RealFeel® 71°
Cloudy More Details
RealFeel Shade™ 69°
Wind ENE 4 mph
Wind Gusts 9 mph
Air Quality Fair

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Rain starting in 4 min

Now
10:24 AM

Looking Ahead

Rounds of thunderstorms will bring beneficial rain through Friday; watch for areas of flooding

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Clouds
Temperature

Hourly Weather

10 AM 70°
rain drop 49%
11 AM 69°
rain drop 43%
12 PM 69°
rain drop 47%
1 PM 69°
rain drop 51%
2 PM 68°
rain drop 49%
3 PM 68°
rain drop 49%
4 PM 68°
rain drop 61%
5 PM 67°
rain drop 49%
6 PM 65°
rain drop 49%
7 PM 64°
rain drop 66%
8 PM 63°
rain drop 49%
9 PM 62°
rain drop 49%

10-Day Weather Forecast

Today

5/1

71° 58°

Showers, heavy thunderstorm

Night: Showers and a heavier t-storm

96%

Sat

5/2

75° 55°

Rain and a thunderstorm

Clear

75%

Sun

5/3

79° 54°

Sunshine and beautiful

Partly cloudy and cool

2%

Mon

5/4

80° 60°

Partly sunny and nice

Partly cloudy

2%

Tue

5/5

83° 70°

Intervals of clouds and sun

Mostly cloudy

7%

Wed

5/6

86° 70°

Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm

A strong thunderstorm early

55%

Thu

5/7

78° 63°

Not as warm with a t-storm

Partly cloudy

55%

Fri

5/8

77° 64°

Sun and areas of high clouds

A couple of showers late

0%

Sat

5/9

76° 66°

Periods of rain

A brief evening shower

63%

Sun

5/10

82° 69°

Cloudy

A thunderstorm or two early

25%

Sun & Moon

13 hrs 20 mins
Rise 6:19 AM
Set 7:39 PM
Full Moon
Rise 7:58 PM
Set 6:30 AM

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Air Quality Fair

The air quality is generally acceptable for most individuals. However, sensitive groups may experience minor to moderate symptoms from long-term exposure.

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