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        <value>31</value>
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        <value>40</value>
        <value>62</value>
        <value>58</value>
        <value>60</value>
        <value>42</value>
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        <weather-conditions weather-summary="Slight Chance Snow Showers and Breezy then Mostly Sunny"/>
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        <weather-conditions weather-summary="Sunny"/>
        <weather-conditions weather-summary="Mostly Clear"/>
        <weather-conditions weather-summary="Mostly Sunny"/>
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        <text>Showers and possibly a thunderstorm.  High near 57. Southeast wind around 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.  Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. </text>
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        <text>A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 7am.  Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. </text>
        <text>Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. </text>
        <text>Sunny, with a high near 62. Southwest wind around 15 mph. </text>
        <text>Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. </text>
        <text>Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. </text>
        <text>Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast after midnight. </text>
        <text>A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon.  Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Southeast wind around 15 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. </text>
        <text>A chance of rain and snow showers.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. North northwest wind around 15 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 40%.</text>
        <text>A 20 percent chance of snow showers.  Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. </text>
        <text>Mostly clear, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. </text>
        <text>A slight chance of rain and snow showers.  Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 20%.</text>
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