Melaleuca Forecast

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Forecast issued at 4:26 pm EST on Wednesday 30 July 2014.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday

Summary
Heavy showers, possible storm. Windy.

Western area

Cloudy. Heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms. Winds northwesterly 40 to 60 km/h increasing to 45 to 65 km/h in the evening.

Thursday 31 July

Summary
Min 5
Max 9
Heavy showers, possible storm. Windy.

Western area

Cloudy. Heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms, falling as snow above 300 metres during the evening. Possible hail from around midday. Winds west to northwesterly 40 to 60 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 3 and 7 with daytime temperatures reaching between 6 and 11.

No UV Alert, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Heavy showers, possible storm. Windy. Strahan 7 11
Heavy showers, possible storm. Windy. Melaleuca 5 9
Heavy showers, possible storm. Windy. Queenstown 7 12
Heavy showers, possible storm. Windy. Rosebery 7 12

Friday 1 August

Summary
Min 3
Max 8
Showers. Windy.

Western area

Cloudy. Showers, with snow showers mainly about higher ground. The chance of thunderstorms and hail in the morning and afternoon. Winds west to northwesterly 35 to 50 km/h turning southwesterly 30 to 45 km/h in the late morning and early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 1 and 4 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 3 and 8.

Saturday 2 August

Summary
Min 2
Max 9
A few showers.

Western area

Partly cloudy. Scattered showers, falling as snow above 200 metres. Winds west to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h becoming light during the afternoon then becoming northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 2 and 3 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 4 and 9.

Sunday 3 August

Summary
Min 4
Max 11
Shower or two.

Western area

Cloudy. Isolated showers. Isolated snow showers about higher ground above 1100 metres, clearing during the morning, then isolated snow showers in the afternoon. Winds northerly 20 to 30 km/h turning northwesterly 30 to 45 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 1 and 4 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 7 and 11.

Monday 4 August

Summary
Min 7
Max 13
Showers.

Tuesday 5 August

Summary
Min 7
Max 13
Showers.

Wednesday 6 August

Summary
Min 9
Max 14
Showers. Windy.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:40 am EST Thursday.

Product derived from IDT16710 and IDT16070