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Monday, 3 August 2026

Monday, 3 August 2026

1/10 — Miserable. Punishing heat and thick humidity make this a stay-indoors day, no way around it.

Highs push to around 37°C but it’ll feel closer to 39°C in the afternoon, with a humid, sticky dew point that’s the real culprit behind today’s score — this is one of those days where the heat itself caps things, not just an uncomfortable-but-manageable warm spell. Skies stay dry through most of the day, but with some cloud building off the higher ground by evening, an isolated storm or two can’t be ruled out. PM2.5 is running elevated at 15.4 µg/m³, so anything more than gentle activity outdoors is worth reconsidering — though frankly the heat alone is reason enough to keep it indoors today.

And tomorrow… Tomorrow scores 2/10, still Miserable, with highs near 38°C feeling closer to 40°C and lows barely dipping to 24°C — the heat looks set to step up rather than ease, though on the plus side PM2.5 should drop back to low levels, so that particular worry fades even as the heat doesn’t.

Tl;dr: Brutally hot and humid with elevated PM2.5 — treat today as an indoors day, full stop.

Today’s BaZi

The day carries the 己酉 pillar — a bit of a mixed-pressure system all round, playing out differently for each of you.

C: Outlook: turbulent. A disruptive front moves through by way of an old, quiet friction resurfacing — small betrayals, the kind that sting more than they should. A useful tailwind is also building underneath, quietly pulling things together in your favour, but later in the day expect a sharper gust that scatters plans and forces a change of course. Best to let others carry weight today rather than push your own agenda; this is a day for accepting support, not proving independence.

D: Outlook: decent with a stubborn stalled patch. Steady, unglamorous effort is favoured, and self-reliance carries you further than flash today — but there’s a slow-moving system of your own making that keeps circling back, so don’t be surprised if the same old friction resurfaces mid-afternoon. For getting the most out of the day, lean into quiet admin and steady solo tasks rather than meetings or big creative swings — this is a groundwork day, not a launch day.

Today, hour by hour

25° 30° 35° 24° 28° 32° 37° 37° 32° chance of rain 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com. Air quality by Open-Meteo Air Quality API. Models: ECMWF IFS, ICON, GFS, MeteoFrance, Open-Meteo best-match blend. Generated 2026-08-03 02:01 EDT. This is a hobby forecast, not a substitute for official ARPAE / Protezione Civile warnings.