Burketown Forecast

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Forecast issued at 5:00 am EST on Wednesday 19 December 2018.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday

Summary
Max 40
Mostly sunny.
Chance of any rain: 5%

Gulf Country area

Hot and mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower in the north, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 38 to 43.

Fire Danger - High

Sun protection recommended from 8:30 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Mostly sunny. Normanton – 39
Mostly sunny. Burketown – 40
Hot. Partly cloudy. Doomadgee – 42
Mostly sunny. Kowanyama – 37

Thursday 20 December

Summary
Min 27
Max 40
Mostly sunny.
Chance of any rain: 10%

Gulf Country area

Hot. Sunny morning. Slight (30%) chance of a shower in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 37 to 43.

Sun protection recommended from 8:30 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]

Friday 21 December

Summary
Min 27
Max 41
Hot. Partly cloudy.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
Chance of any rain: 30%

Gulf Country area

Hot. Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to northwesterly during the morning then tending north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 36 to 42.

Sun protection recommended from 8:20 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme]

Saturday 22 December

Summary
Min 28
Max 40
Partly cloudy.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
Chance of any rain: 30%

Gulf Country area

Hot. Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers. The chance of thunderstorms. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly during the day then tending northwest to northeasterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 41.

Sun protection recommended from 8:30 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]

Sunday 23 December

Summary
Min 27
Max 41
Hot and mostly sunny.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
Chance of any rain: 30%

Monday 24 December

Summary
Min 27
Max 39
Possible shower.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 2 mm
Chance of any rain: 40%

Tuesday 25 December

Summary
Min 26
Max 37
Possible morning shower.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 6 mm
Chance of any rain: 40%

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:15 pm EST Wednesday.

Product derived from IDQ11295 and IDQ10120