Please note that on Tuesday 7 May, 11:45AM to 14:15 AEST (11:15am to 13:45 ACST) SA will be upgrading equipment which will cause interruptions to SA observations.

Katanning Forecast

View the current warnings for Western Australia

Forecast issued at 5:00 am WST on Tuesday 7 May 2013.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday

Summary
Max 23
Chance of a late storm.

Great Southern area

Cloudy. Isolated showers. Isolated thunderstorms late this evening. Destructive winds possible in the far west late this evening. Light winds becoming north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 20s.

Fire Danger
Upper Great Southern: Low-Moderate
Roe: Low-Moderate
Beaufort: Low-Moderate
Lakes: Low-Moderate

UV Alert from 10:20 am to 2:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Chance of a late storm. Narrogin – 23
Chance of a late storm. Katanning – 23
Chance of a late storm. Lake Grace – 25

Wednesday 8 May

Summary
Min 14
Max 19
Showers, storm risk. Very windy.

Great Southern area

Windy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Winds northerly 45 to 55 km/h turning northwesterly 40 to 60 km/h early in the morning then increasing to 55 to 70 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching between 18 and 23.

Thursday 9 May

Summary
Min 10
Max 18
Showers, storm risk. Very windy.

Great Southern area

Windy. Scattered showers, more frequent in the west. Isolated thunderstorms. Winds west to northwesterly 55 to 75 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching around 19.

Friday 10 May

Summary
Min 7
Max 15
Shower or two.

Great Southern area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning westerly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to around 8 with daytime temperatures reaching between 15 and 18.

Saturday 11 May

Summary
Min 8
Max 17
Shower or two.

Sunday 12 May

Summary
Min 7
Max 17
Partly cloudy.

Monday 13 May

Summary
Min 8
Max 19
Partly cloudy.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:25 pm WST Tuesday.

Product derived from IDW14199 and and IDW13160