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Tuesday 21 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25% chance of more than (mm) – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10% chance of more than (mm) – 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Chance of any rain – 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 30% 30%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) – 7 9 14 19 16 13 12
Feels like (°C) – 3 6 9 13 11 9 9
Dew point temperature (°C) – 4 5 5 7 8 8 8

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index – 0 1 5 6 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Thunderstorms–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Snow–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Rain–NoYesNoNoNoYesYes
Fog–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Frost–NoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		–13
7		15
8		19
10		24
13		24
13		17
9		13
7
Wind direction–NNWNNWNWNWNNWNN
Relative humidity (%) – 82 77 57 45 60 71 75
Forest fuel dryness factor – 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2
Mixing height (m) – 22 899 1573 1703 1367 741 522

Wednesday 22 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 0
25% chance of more than (mm) 2 4 7 8 6 4 0 0
10% chance of more than (mm) 4 6 10 15 15 8 1 0
Chance of any rain 60% 80% 90% 90% 80% 70% 30% 5%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 11 11 11 12 14 15 12 10
Feels like (°C) 9 9 9 10 12 13 8 7
Dew point temperature (°C) 8 9 10 10 12 13 9 7

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index 0 0 1 5 6 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		13
7		9
5		7
4		9
5		13
7		15
8		19
10		11
6
Wind directionNNNESSESSSSWSSESSE
Relative humidity (%) 80 87 93 91 91 86 83 84
Forest fuel dryness factor 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 5 2.7 2.2 2.1
Mixing height (m) 650 489 439 595 704 774 769 170

Thursday 23 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) 0 – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) 0 – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) 0 – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 5% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 6 5 7 13 17 17 12 8
Feels like (°C) 3 1 4 8 12 11 7 4
Dew point temperature (°C) 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index 0 0 1 5 6 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		9
5		9
5		11
6		17
9		20
11		22
12		17
9		17
9
Wind directionWSWNNNWWWNWWNWWNWNW
Relative humidity (%) 90 95 86 52 41 43 57 75
Forest fuel dryness factor 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9
Mixing height (m) 22 22 389 1719 2179 2063 1345 356

Friday 24 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 0% 0% 0%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 6 5 9 13 18 17 12 8
Feels like (°C) 2 2 5 9 13 13 8 4
Dew point temperature (°C) 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index 0 0 1 5 5 1 0 0

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		15
8		13
7		13
7		13
7		17
9		19
10		13
7		11
6
Wind directionNNWNNWNWWWWNWNNW
Relative humidity (%) 88 93 81 52 39 42 59 75
Forest fuel dryness factor 2.9 2.9 2.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9
Mixing height (m) 22 22 477 1783 2315 2152 461 22

Saturday 25 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 0% 5% 5% 10% 20% 20% 30% 40%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 6 4 8 14 17 16 13 11
Feels like (°C) 2 1 5 10 13 12 9 8
Dew point temperature (°C) 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 7

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index 0 0 1 5 – – – –

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		11
6		9
5		9
5		13
7		19
10		19
10		13
7		11
6
Wind directionNNNENWNWWNWNWNNWNNE
Relative humidity (%) 86 93 79 53 46 55 70 81
Forest fuel dryness factor 5.9 5.9 5.9 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2
Mixing height (m) 22 22 478 1944 2111 1840 743 498

Sunday 26 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 50% 40% 30% 40% 40% 30% 30% 10%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 10 9 11 16 18 16 11 8
Feels like (°C) 7 6 8 12 13 10 6 3
Dew point temperature (°C) 7 7 8 7 6 5 4 3

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index – – – – – – – –

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		11
6		13
7		13
7		17
9		20
11		22
12		19
10		17
9
Wind directionENEESESSESSSWSSS
Relative humidity (%) 84 87 81 56 46 50 64 73
Forest fuel dryness factor 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4
Mixing height (m) 286 105 405 1056 2133 2186 1712 1339

Monday 27 October

Rainfall

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
50% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
25% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
10% chance of more than (mm) – – – – – – – –
Chance of any rain 5% 10% 5% 10% 10% 5% 5% 5%

Temperatures

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Air temperature (°C) 6 4 7 12 16 16 11 7
Feels like (°C) 2 0 2 7 10 11 6 4
Dew point temperature (°C) 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3

UV

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
UV Index – – – – – – – –

Significant Weather

From 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
ThunderstormsNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SnowNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
RainNoNoNoYesYesNoNoNo
FogNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
FrostNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Humidity & Wind

At 2:00 AM5:00 AM8:00 AM11:00 AM2:00 PM5:00 PM8:00 PM11:00 PM
Wind speed km/h
knots		15
8		15
8		15
8		19
10		20
11		19
10		15
8		13
7
Wind directionSSSESSSSWSSWSSEESE
Relative humidity (%) 79 86 74 48 38 40 58 74
Forest fuel dryness factor 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5
Mixing height (m) 1001 312 1328 2365 2625 2450 1419 477

Radar

Hobart (Mt Koonya) NW Tasmania (West Takone)