Northern Territory Forecast

No warnings for the Northern Territory

Forecast issued at 5:00 am CST on Saturday 25 March 2023.

Weather Situation

A weak ridge directs easterly winds across the Northern Territory, maintaining hot conditions over southern districts. A trough and cloud band will move across southern district during Monday and Tuesday.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday

A slight to medium chance of showers and gusty thunderstorms across the Top End, increasing to a high chance about the Tiwi Islands, Cobourg Peninsula and northwest Daly coast. The chance of morning fog about the Carpentaria and southern Arnhem Districts. Sunny elsewhere. Very hot in parts of the Lasseter District. Light to moderate easterly winds north of Tennant Creek, tending east to northeasterly south of Tennant Creek. Winds fresh and gusty across the Lasseter District from the early morning and across central districts from the late morning until early evening.

Fire Danger - High in the Lasseter District and Alice Springs region.

Sunday 26 March

A slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm over the northwest Daly and northern Arnhem Districts, increasing to a medium chance over the Tiwi Islands and Cobourg Peninsula. Morning fog about the Carpentaria and eastern Arnhem Districts. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Very hot in parts of the Lasseter and Simpson Districts. Light to moderate east to northeast winds, turning north to northwesterly over the Lasseter and southern Tanami Districts ahead of a late evening southwesterly change in the far southwest.

Monday 27 March

A slight chance of showers about the north and west coasts of the Top End, with a thunderstorm possible over the Tiwi Islands. A slight chance of an afternoon shower or gusty thunderstorm in the southwest Lasseter District. Morning fog about the eastern Arnhem and eastern Carpentaria Districts. Very hot in the Lasseter and Simpson Districts. Light to moderate east to northeasterly winds north of Elliott. Light to moderate north to northwesterly winds south of Elliott, tending southeast to southwesterly over the southern Lasseter District during the morning and again during the evening.

Tuesday 28 March

A slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm across the northern Top End. Partly cloudy across southern districts with a slight to medium chance of showers and the chance of a thunderstorm in the Lasseter and southwest Simpson Districts. Light to moderate easterly winds north of Elliott, tending northeast to northwesterly across central districts. A moderate to fresh and gusty southerly change developing across the Lasseter and Simpson Districts.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CST Saturday.

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