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Rather cloudy initially with perhaps the odd light shower. Through the day some sunny spells are expected to develop. During the afternoon the showers may become heavy at times. Maximum temperature 16C.

Updated: @ 22/05/2013 10:49 - next update at 01:00

Summary / Temp

Wind

Rain/Melted Snow

Outlook


Overcast, Dry
	13.5°C Feels like: 13°C 24-hr difference 2.5°C

Cloud Base

	Gusting: 6.9 WNW 7.6
3 Bft - Gentle Breeze
Today: 17.5 10:31
Gust Month: 50.6 May 9

Rain Today:	0.0 mm
Rain Rate (/hr):	0.0 mm
Rain Yesterday:	0.8 mm
Storm Rain:	0.0 mm
May:	37.2 mm
Season Total:¹	135.4 mm
No rain for	0 Days
10 rain days in May. Main Snow data at the bottom

Next 24hrs

Humidity & Barometer

Almanac

Moon

Humidity:	70 %
Dew Point:	8.1°C
Barometer:	1018.0 mb
Baro Trend:	Rising

Sunrise:	04:57
Sunset:	21:03
Moonrise:	17:47
Moonset:	03:11

Waxing Gibbous

89%
Illuminated

UV Index and Forecast

Solar Radiation

UV Now None 0.0

High: -1.0 @ 16:37

23 May 2013 Medium 5.0

24 May 2013 Medium 5.3

365 W/m² (40 %)

High: 365 @ 10:49

Solar Noon: 12:59

Windchill

Heating Degree Days

Sun

Current:	12.7°C
Today:	6.4°C 05:55
Yesterday:	7.9°C
Last Week:	1.6°C
Record:	-13.9°C 02/11/2012

Today:	3.9
May. to Date:	161.0
2013 to Date:	1866.3
Cooling Degree Days
2013 to Date:	0.0

Daylight:

16:06:00
(00:02:44)

Snow³

Irrigation Index⁴

Station Records

Fire Risk

Today:	0cm
Yesterday:	0cm
May:	0cm
Season Total:²	0cm
Snow Depth:	0cm
0 snow day in May.
13 snow days in all 2013.²
Snow fall Height:⁵	m

Updated at Midnight
7-Days Rain:	6.5 mm
7-Days ET:	0.0 mm
7-Day Index:	6.5 mm
May Index:	1.465 mm
Outside Now
Air Density:	1.232 kg/m3
Cloud Height:	2671 m

HIGHS:	LOWS:
29.6°C 27/06/2011	-10.7°C 07/12/2010
Record Day(6am-6pm)
27.0 C on: 30 Jun 2009	-6.5C on: 07 Dec 2010
Record Night(6pm-6am)
20.5C on: 01 Jul 2009	-8.9C on: 07 Dec 2010

Current Fire Weather Index

Today:
1.6 of 31

¹ Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st. ² Snow season September 1st to April 30th. ³ Snow manually measured
⁴ Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week.
(Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present.)
⁵ The height above ground where snow is likely to fall at the station

Northants Weather Forecast - Today's and Tonight's Outlook

Today

Fog a.m.
High: 15°C

Mostly cloudy to cloudy in the morning, becoming partly to mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Patchy light fog in the morning. A slight chance of rain. High 15°C. UV index up to 4. Wind west-northwest around 5 mph, occasionally gusting to 31 mph in the morning, becoming 11 mph, occasionally gusting to 33 mph, in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. Precipitation mostly less than 2 mm.

Tonight

Fog late
Low: 6°C

Mostly clear in the evening, becoming clear after midnight. Patchy light fog after midnight. Unusually cold. Low 6°C. Wind chill ranging from 3 to 13. Wind west-northwest around 11 mph, occasionally gusting to 33 mph.

Random Weather Facts

Why is the sky blue?
As the visible light rays of the sun pass through our turbulent atmosphere they lose a significant amount of their blue wavelength. Due to minute particles of matter and molecules of air within the atmosphere a larger portion of blue is scattered more than any other colour. This is because the blue waves are the shortest. The scattering process makes the sky take on its characteristic blue colour.