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Friday, 28 August 2026

Friday, 28 August 2026

Today
Fri 28 Aug
Fog
36° 24°
  • feels like 39°
  • rain 10%
  • dew point 24° · hellscape
  • PM2.5 20 µg/m³ · elevated
  • light 06:32–19:58
1/10 · Miserable
Tomorrow
Sat 29 Aug
Sunny
33° 24°
  • feels like 35°
  • rain 3%
  • dew point 14° · comfortable
  • PM2.5 19 µg/m³ · elevated
  • light 06:33–19:57
6/10 · Decent

1/10 — Miserable. This is an extreme-heat day, full stop, and everything else is secondary.

Consensus puts the high near 36.5°C but feeling closer to 39°C, and the models are properly split on just how bad it gets — guidance ranges from 35.1°C to 39.8°C, so treat any single number loosely. Whatever the exact peak, the afternoon dew point sits at a brutal 24.5°C, tipping the comfort into what’s frankly a hellscape, and that humidity — not the thermometer alone — is what makes today genuinely oppressive rather than just warm. PM2.5 is running elevated at 19.7 µg/m³ too, so on top of the heat it’s worth being mindful about any long, hard outdoor exercise — though realistically, heat is the reason to stay in today.

Today, hour by hour

25° 30° 35° 24° 26° 30° 34° 35° 32° chance of rain 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00

And tomorrow… A step down to 6/10 — Decent, with highs around 33.1°C (feeling close to 34.7°C) — still warm, but the dew point drops sharply to a much more comfortable 14.1°C, so the air itself should feel far less punishing. PM2.5 stays elevated at 19.1 µg/m³, so it’s worth keeping the same light caution on strenuous outdoor sessions even as the heat eases.

Tl;dr: Brutally hot and humid with real model uncertainty on just how high it goes — this is an indoors, air-conditioned, hydrate-constantly kind of day.

Today’s BaZi

The day rides on the jiǎ-xū pillar, wood sitting atop earth — a day of roots and obligations underfoot.

C: Outlook: turbulent with a chance of windfall. A front of tangled old obligations rolls in early and sits stubbornly overhead — expect some friction around commitments you thought were settled. Things brighten later as a cooperative, almost lucky alliance moves in, and opportunistic money or unexpected favours are more likely to land through people than through effort, so stay sociable rather than grinding.

D: Outlook: mostly fine, with patchy low-level friction. A little quiet static — small slights, minor betrayals of trust — drifts through around midday, best not taken personally. A helpful tailwind builds later as things pull together toward warmth and cooperation, favouring structure and visible follow-through. Best used for duty-shaped work: admin, meetings, and anything where being seen doing things properly matters more today than being clever.


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 2026-08-28 07:01 CEST. This is a hobby forecast, not a substitute for official ARPAE / Protezione Civile warnings.