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Hourly Weather-

As of 2:48 pm CDT

Snow

Snow expected around 3:00 PM.

Tuesday, March 17

3 pm

Snow

24°

78%

S 12 mph

Snow

Feels Like12°
WindS 12 mph
Visibility3 mi
UV Index3 of 11
Cloud Cover100%
Snow Amount0.2 in

4 pm

Snow Showers

25°

59%

S 13 mph

Snow Showers

Feels Like13°
WindS 13 mph
Visibility2 mi
UV Index2 of 11
Cloud Cover80%
Snow Amount0.1 in

5 pm

Snow

25°

59%

SSE 15 mph

Snow

Feels Like13°
WindSSE 15 mph
Visibility3 mi
UV Index1 of 11
Cloud Cover100%
Snow Amount0.1 in

6 pm

Snow

25°

68%

SSE 15 mph

Snow

Feels Like13°
WindSSE 15 mph
Visibility1.6 mi
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover100%
Snow Amount0.1 in

7 pm

Cloudy

26°

24%

SSE 14 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like14°
WindSSE 14 mph
Humidity71%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover100%
Precip Amount0 in

8 pm

Cloudy

26°

3%

SSE 12 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like15°
WindSSE 12 mph
Humidity73%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover97%
Precip Amount0 in

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9 pm

Cloudy

26°

23%

SSE 12 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like15°
WindSSE 12 mph
Humidity74%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover96%
Precip Amount0 in

10 pm

Cloudy

27°

24%

SSE 12 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like16°
WindSSE 12 mph
Humidity75%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover95%
Precip Amount0 in

11 pm

Few Snow Showers

27°

31%

SSE 12 mph

Few Snow Showers

Feels Like17°
WindSSE 12 mph
Visibility10 mi
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover90%
Snow Amount0.2 in

Wednesday, March 18

12 am

Cloudy

27°

20%

SSE 10 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like18°
WindSSE 10 mph
Humidity79%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover94%
Precip Amount0 in

1 am

Mostly Cloudy

27°

5%

SSE 10 mph

Mostly Cloudy

Feels Like18°
WindSSE 10 mph
Humidity80%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover79%
Precip Amount0 in

2 am

Partly Cloudy

27°

5%

S 8 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like18°
WindS 8 mph
Humidity81%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover47%
Precip Amount0 in

3 am

Partly Cloudy

26°

6%

S 7 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like19°
WindS 7 mph
Humidity82%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover49%
Precip Amount0 in

4 am

Partly Cloudy

26°

7%

SSW 5 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like19°
WindSSW 5 mph
Humidity85%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover37%
Precip Amount0 in

5 am

Partly Cloudy

25°

8%

SSW 5 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like19°
WindSSW 5 mph
Visibility10 mi
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover32%
Snow Amount0 in

6 am

Partly Cloudy

25°

8%

SW 5 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like19°
WindSW 5 mph
Visibility10 mi
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover31%
Snow Amount0 in

7 am

Mostly Clear

25°

8%

WSW 4 mph

Mostly Clear

Feels Like20°
WindWSW 4 mph
Humidity88%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover25%
Precip Amount0 in

8 am

Sunny

26°

7%

WSW 5 mph

Sunny

Feels Like21°
WindWSW 5 mph
Humidity89%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover11%
Precip Amount0 in

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9 am

Sunny

30°

5%

W 4 mph

Sunny

Feels Like25°
WindW 4 mph
Humidity84%
UV Index1 of 11
Cloud Cover9%
Precip Amount0 in

10 am

Sunny

35°

3%

WNW 4 mph

Sunny

Feels Like31°
WindWNW 4 mph
Humidity76%
UV Index1 of 11
Cloud Cover13%
Precip Amount0 in

11 am

Sunny

40°

3%

W 3 mph

Sunny

Feels Like38°
WindW 3 mph
Humidity68%
UV Index3 of 11
Cloud Cover14%
Rain Amount0 in

12 pm

Sunny

45°

2%

W 4 mph

Sunny

Feels Like44°
WindW 4 mph
Humidity60%
UV Index4 of 11
Cloud Cover18%
Rain Amount0 in

1 pm

Mostly Sunny

49°

1%

W 4 mph

Mostly Sunny

Feels Like48°
WindW 4 mph
Humidity58%
UV Index5 of 11
Cloud Cover27%
Rain Amount0 in

2 pm

Partly Cloudy

52°

1%

SW 6 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like51°
WindSW 6 mph
Humidity59%
UV Index4 of 11
Cloud Cover35%
Rain Amount0 in

3 pm

Partly Cloudy

55°

1%

SSW 6 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like53°
WindSSW 6 mph
Humidity58%
UV Index3 of 11
Cloud Cover53%
Rain Amount0 in

4 pm

Partly Cloudy

57°

1%

SSW 7 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like56°
WindSSW 7 mph
Humidity56%
UV Index2 of 11
Cloud Cover55%
Rain Amount0 in

5 pm

Mostly Cloudy

59°

2%

SW 7 mph

Mostly Cloudy

Feels Like58°
WindSW 7 mph
Humidity55%
UV Index1 of 11
Cloud Cover71%
Rain Amount0 in

6 pm

Cloudy

59°

3%

SSW 8 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like58°
WindSSW 8 mph
Humidity57%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover84%
Rain Amount0 in

7 pm

Cloudy

56°

4%

S 7 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like54°
WindS 7 mph
Humidity63%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover83%
Rain Amount0 in

8 pm

Cloudy

52°

5%

S 7 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like50°
WindS 7 mph
Humidity71%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover92%
Rain Amount0 in

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9 pm

Cloudy

50°

6%

S 6 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like47°
WindS 6 mph
Humidity76%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover95%
Rain Amount0 in

10 pm

Cloudy

49°

12%

S 6 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like46°
WindS 6 mph
Humidity76%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover85%
Rain Amount0 in

11 pm

Cloudy

48°

6%

SSW 7 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like44°
WindSSW 7 mph
Humidity77%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover96%
Rain Amount0 in

Thursday, March 19

12 am

Cloudy

48°

8%

SSW 7 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like45°
WindSSW 7 mph
Humidity76%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover95%
Rain Amount0 in

1 am

Cloudy

47°

7%

SSW 7 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like44°
WindSSW 7 mph
Humidity78%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover95%
Rain Amount0 in

2 am

Cloudy

46°

9%

SW 6 mph

Cloudy

Feels Like43°
WindSW 6 mph
Humidity80%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover94%
Rain Amount0 in

3 am

Mostly Cloudy

45°

14%

WSW 6 mph

Mostly Cloudy

Feels Like42°
WindWSW 6 mph
Humidity78%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover74%
Rain Amount0 in

4 am

Mostly Cloudy

43°

10%

W 6 mph

Mostly Cloudy

Feels Like40°
WindW 6 mph
Humidity81%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover66%
Rain Amount0 in

5 am

Mostly Cloudy

42°

16%

WNW 6 mph

Mostly Cloudy

Feels Like38°
WindWNW 6 mph
Humidity84%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover71%
Rain Amount0 in

6 am

Partly Cloudy

42°

11%

NW 6 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like38°
WindNW 6 mph
Humidity84%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover48%
Rain Amount0 in

7 am

Partly Cloudy

42°

8%

NNW 6 mph

Partly Cloudy

Feels Like38°
WindNNW 6 mph
Humidity85%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover31%
Rain Amount0 in

8 am

Mostly Sunny

43°

8%

NNW 6 mph

Mostly Sunny

Feels Like39°
WindNNW 6 mph
Humidity86%
UV Index0 of 11
Cloud Cover25%
Rain Amount0 in

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9 am

Mostly Sunny

46°

6%

NNW 8 mph

Mostly Sunny

Feels Like42°
WindNNW 8 mph
Humidity81%
UV Index1 of 11
Cloud Cover21%
Rain Amount0 in

10 am

Mostly Sunny

50°

5%

N 9 mph

Mostly Sunny

Feels Like46°
WindN 9 mph
Humidity73%
UV Index1 of 11
Cloud Cover22%
Rain Amount0 in

11 am

Mostly Sunny

54°

4%

N 8 mph

Mostly Sunny

Feels Like52°
WindN 8 mph
Humidity66%
UV Index3 of 11
Cloud Cover20%
Rain Amount0 in

12 pm

Sunny

58°

3%

N 8 mph

Sunny

Feels Like57°
WindN 8 mph
Humidity60%
UV Index4 of 11
Cloud Cover11%
Rain Amount0 in

1 pm

Sunny

61°

2%

N 8 mph

Sunny

Feels Like61°
WindN 8 mph
Humidity55%
UV Index5 of 11
Cloud Cover5%
Rain Amount0 in

2 pm

Sunny

65°

2%

N 9 mph

Sunny

Feels Like64°
WindN 9 mph
Humidity52%
UV Index5 of 11
Cloud Cover6%
Rain Amount0 in

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