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Thursday, March 12

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3/12
51°Hi
RealFeel® 38°
Cold
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25° to 39°
Coats and hats are appropriate, consider gloves and a scarf.
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25° to 39°
Coats and hats are appropriate, consider gloves and a scarf.
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Very windy; cloudy and cooler with steady rain becoming intermittent; turning sharply colder later in the day, when wet snowflakes could mix with rain

Max UV Index1.0 (Low)

AccuLumen Brightness Index™1 (Dark)

WindNW 23 mph

Wind Gusts47 mph

Probability of Precipitation91%

Probability of Thunderstorms0%

Precipitation0.28 in

Rain0.28 in

Hours of Precipitation4

Hours of Rain4

Cloud Cover97%

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3/12
25°Lo
RealFeel® 21°
Very Cold
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Very Cold
10° to 24°
Caution advised. Older adults, infants, and those with sensitive medical conditions, should be well dressed to protect from hypothermia and frostbite. Coat, hat, gloves and a scarf are appropriate.
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Clear and colder

WindWSW 6 mph

Wind Gusts21 mph

Probability of Precipitation3%

Probability of Thunderstorms0%

Precipitation0.00 in

Cloud Cover6%

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Sun & Moon

11 hrs 47 mins
Rise 7:28 AM
Set 7:15 PM
Waning Crescent
Rise 3:44 AM
Set 12:36 PM

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51°
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54°
30°
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71°
36°

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