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Friday 17 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25% chance of more than (mm) – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10% chance of more than (mm) – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chance of any rain – 10% 5% 5% 10% 5% 0% 5%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) – 11 15 24 27 26 19 13
Feels like (°C) – 9 11 17 19 19 15 10
Dew point temperature (°C) – 10 12 9 5 5 6 8

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index – 0 1 6 7 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Thunderstorms–NoNoNoYesNoNoNo
Snow–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Rain–YesNoNoYesNoNoNo
Fog–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Frost–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		–15
8		19
10		33
18		33
18		26
14		13
7		11
6
Wind direction–NWNNWWNWWNWWNWWNWENE
Relative humidity (%) – 94 85 39 24 25 42 72
Forest fuel dryness factor – 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2
Mixing height (m) – 584 584 2263 2982 2764 1307 716

Saturday 18 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25% chance of more than (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10% chance of more than (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chance of any rain 5% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5% 10%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 10 9 9 19 24 24 15 12
Feels like (°C) 8 7 7 14 19 17 10 9
Dew point temperature (°C) 9 9 9 4 1 1 7 9

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index 0 0 1 6 7 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		9
5		7
4		7
4		15
8		20
11		22
12		20
11		13
7
Wind directionENNWNWWNWNWNWEE
Relative humidity (%) 97 99 97 38 22 22 61 82
Forest fuel dryness factor 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2
Mixing height (m) 713 584 668 1967 3310 3289 1238 1175

Sunday 19 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) 0 – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) 0 – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) 0 – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 5% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5% 5%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 10 8 10 20 26 26 21 17
Feels like (°C) 8 6 9 15 20 20 18 15
Dew point temperature (°C) 9 8 9 8 6 7 9 9

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index 0 0 1 7 8 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		9
5		7
4		7
4		22
12		26
14		24
13		13
7		9
5
Wind directionEESENNWNWNWNWNWNW
Relative humidity (%) 90 100 93 48 28 29 46 61
Forest fuel dryness factor 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2
Mixing height (m) 951 584 838 1553 2006 1790 759 584

Monday 20 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 14 12 16 26 32 32 25 21
Feels like (°C) 12 10 14 21 25 26 22 18
Dew point temperature (°C) 9 9 10 11 10 9 10 11

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index 0 0 1 7 8 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		9
5		9
5		13
7		30
16		37
20		33
18		17
9		13
7
Wind directionNNWNNWNWNWNWNWNWNNW
Relative humidity (%) 72 80 67 40 27 24 39 54
Forest fuel dryness factor 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2
Mixing height (m) 584 584 584 1983 2842 3186 584 584

Tuesday 21 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 20% 20% 30%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 17 14 17 26 30 29 22 17
Feels like (°C) 15 12 15 23 26 25 19 15
Dew point temperature (°C) 11 10 11 12 11 11 12 12

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index 0 0 1 7 – – – –

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoNoNoYesYesYes
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		11
6		9
5		9
5		20
11		22
12		20
11		15
8		13
7
Wind directionNNNENNNWNWNNWNEE
Relative humidity (%) 66 78 72 41 31 32 54 70
Forest fuel dryness factor 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4
Mixing height (m) 584 584 584 1614 2569 2392 1225 1113

Wednesday 22 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 40% 40% 40% 50% 50% 50% 60% 20%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 15 14 16 24 27 25 20 16
Feels like (°C) 13 12 14 20 23 21 17 13
Dew point temperature (°C) 11 11 12 13 13 13 12 10

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index – – – – – – – –

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		13
7		11
6		11
6		22
12		26
14		26
14		17
9		17
9
Wind directionESEEENENNWNNWNWWNWW
Relative humidity (%) 79 86 80 51 41 47 59 66
Forest fuel dryness factor 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5
Mixing height (m) 1094 584 750 1266 2119 1778 1124 742

Thursday 23 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 20% 10% 10% 5% 5% 10% 10% 10%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 13 10 10 17 21 21 16 13
Feels like (°C) 10 7 7 12 15 16 13 9
Dew point temperature (°C) 9 8 8 7 6 6 7 7

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index – – – – – – – –

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainYesYesNoNoNoNoYesYes
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		15
8		13
7		13
7		20
11		24
13		22
12		15
8		13
7
Wind directionWWSWSWSWNWNWNENE
Relative humidity (%) 78 89 86 52 39 37 54 71
Forest fuel dryness factor 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6
Mixing height (m) 584 584 584 1862 2459 2668 1315 1217

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