Thursday will be cooler than Wednesday; windy and a bit wet, too
Expect quite a different day on Thursday.
We will go from the high of 29 C we had Wednesday to just a high of 17 C on Thursday.
The morning will come with some showers and it will be windy again.
We should get up to 20 C with sunshine for Friday but then temperatures will take a dive for the weekend.
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