North West Pastoral District Forecast

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Forecast issued at 4:25 pm CDT on Thursday 7 December 2023.

Weather Situation

A low pressure trough over southern SA is a slow-moving feature that will move northeastwards during Friday and Saturday allowing a cooler southerly change to extend throughout. An upper-level disturbance at the weekend will be responsible for a low pressure system developing about the western agricultural area on Sunday. A high pressure ridge will extend across waters to the south early next week

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm with little or no rainfall in the late afternoon and evening. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the evening.

Friday 8 December

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning. Damaging winds possible east of Coober Pedy in the afternoon and evening. Winds northeast to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly 45 to 65 km/h before dawn then tending south to southwesterly 35 to 55 km/h in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to 23 to 31 with daytime temperatures reaching 38 to 47.

Fire Danger - High

Sun protection 9:00am to 5:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Possible storm. Very windy. Coober Pedy 32 46
Very windy. Partly cloudy. Roxby Downs 30 47
Possible storm. Very windy. Woomera 29 47
Possible shower or storm. Pukatja/Ernabella 25 41
Possible storm. Wind easing. Marla 30 45
Shower or two. Possible storm. Oak Valley 23 42
Possible storm. Very windy. Tarcoola 29 46

Saturday 9 December

Cloudy. High chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm. Heavy falls possible south of Coober Pedy. Winds southerly 25 to 40 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 28.

Sunday 10 December

Cloudy. High chance of rain, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Heavy falls possible. Winds southerly 25 to 40 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching between 17 and 23.

Monday 11 December

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers south of Woomera, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds south to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:40 am CDT Friday.

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