Mount Field Forecast

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Forecast issued at 4:26 pm EST on Thursday 31 July 2014.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Summary
Snow showers. Windy.

Western area

Cloudy. Heavy rain, easing to showers this evening. Rain and showers falling as snow above 300 metres. The chance of thunderstorms with possible hail. Winds northwesterly 35 to 55 km/h.

Friday 1 August

Summary
Min -2
Max 0
Snow showers. Wind easing.

Western area

Cloudy. Showers, falling as snow above 200 metres. Isolated thunderstorms and possible hail, more frequent near the coast. Winds west to northwesterly 35 to 55 km/h turning south to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 1 and 6 with daytime temperatures reaching between 3 and 8.

No UV Alert, UV Index predicted to reach 1 [Low]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Showers and chance of a storm. Strahan 7 8
Showers and chance of a storm. Melaleuca 6 7
Showers and chance of a storm. Queenstown 4 7
Showers and chance of a storm. Rosebery 4 8

Saturday 2 August

Summary
Min -5
Max 2
Snow shower or two.

Western area

Cloudy. Scattered showers, falling as snow above 300 metres at first, rising to 1000 metres during the day. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 2 and 3 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 5 and 10.

Sunday 3 August

Summary
Min -4
Max 4
Windy. Late shower or two.

Western area

Cloudy. Scattered showers, more frequent north of Strahan, falling as snow above 1000 metres. Winds northerly 15 to 25 km/h turning northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between zero and 4 with daytime temperatures reaching between 7 and 12.

Monday 4 August

Summary
Min 0
Max 5
Shower or two. Windy.

Western area

Cloudy. Scattered showers, falling as snow above 1100 metres in the morning. Winds northwesterly 25 to 40 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 3 and 7 with daytime temperatures reaching between 8 and 13.

Tuesday 5 August

Summary
Min 2
Max 5
Shower or two. Very windy.

Wednesday 6 August

Summary
Min 1
Max 6
Possible shower. Very windy.

Thursday 7 August

Summary
Min 2
Max 6
Shower or two. Wind easing.

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

Product derived from IDT16710 and IDT16070