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Wednesday 15 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 – 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) – 15 17 23 26 23 20 18
Feels like (°C) – 12 15 21 23 20 18 18
Dew point temperature (°C) – 8 10 7 8 11 15 15

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–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Snow–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Rain–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo
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		–9
5		9
5		7
4		13
7		20
11		19
10		7
4
Wind direction–WSWWSWSSEEENENEN
Relative humidity (%) – 65 64 35 31 46 75 80
Forest fuel dryness factor – 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7
Mixing height (m) – 97 97 1654 1806 836 97 97

Thursday 16 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 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 15 14 18 25 28 26 22 20
Feels like (°C) 15 14 18 24 25 22 21 19
Dew point temperature (°C) 14 13 15 14 12 13 14 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 6 6 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		6
3		6
3		6
3		9
5		19
10		24
13		11
6		11
6
Wind directionWNWNNENNWNNENENENN
Relative humidity (%) 91 94 84 53 38 45 58 55
Forest fuel dryness factor 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8
Mixing height (m) 97 97 97 895 2195 298 97 97

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 – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) 0 – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) 0 – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 0% 5% 10% 40% 50% 30% 30% 30%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 19 19 23 31 31 26 21 18
Feels like (°C) 16 16 21 29 29 25 20 15
Dew point temperature (°C) 9 9 13 15 14 16 15 14

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 7 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoYesYesNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
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		13
7		17
9		19
10		17
9		17
9		17
9		22
12
Wind directionNNWNWNWNWWNWWNWSS
Relative humidity (%) 51 55 51 36 36 53 69 78
Forest fuel dryness factor 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8
Mixing height (m) 97 97 97 2370 2418 942 578 883

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) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 20% 20% 20% 10% 10% 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) 16 15 17 19 20 18 16 16
Feels like (°C) 13 13 15 17 17 13 13 13
Dew point temperature (°C) 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 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
RainYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
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		20
11		9
5		13
7		15
8		19
10		22
12		17
9		13
7
Wind directionSSESSESSEESEESEESEEENE
Relative humidity (%) 79 79 71 55 52 58 65 66
Forest fuel dryness factor 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9
Mixing height (m) 929 883 1399 1912 1994 1470 1127 1140

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) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 15 14 17 22 24 22 19 18
Feels like (°C) 13 12 15 19 20 18 16 17
Dew point temperature (°C) 10 11 11 11 12 13 14 13

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
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		7
4		7
4		9
5		17
9		22
12		28
15		24
13		13
7
Wind directionNNENNNWNNENENENENNE
Relative humidity (%) 74 81 72 50 46 56 70 69
Forest fuel dryness factor 8.9 8.9 8.9 9 9 9 9 9
Mixing height (m) 726 246 1028 1330 1449 641 97 97

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 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 17 16 21 29 34 33 29 27
Feels like (°C) 15 15 19 27 31 31 28 25
Dew point temperature (°C) 12 12 13 13 12 13 14 13

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
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		11
6		11
6		13
7		19
10		19
10		17
9		15
8		15
8
Wind directionNNNNNWNNWNNWNNWNNW
Relative humidity (%) 72 74 62 38 27 29 39 42
Forest fuel dryness factor 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Mixing height (m) 97 97 97 1062 1940 2019 97 97

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% 10% 10% 20% 20% 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) 25 24 25 30 31 26 21 19
Feels like (°C) 24 22 24 28 29 23 19 16
Dew point temperature (°C) 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 13

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
RainNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
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		17
9		19
10		20
11		19
10		19
10
Wind directionNWWSWSSESSEESESSESSE
Relative humidity (%) 47 53 56 41 36 53 68 68
Forest fuel dryness factor 9 9 9 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1
Mixing height (m) 97 97 97 1650 2030 386 234 958

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