Onslow Forecast

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Forecast issued at 4:25 pm WST on Thursday 29 January 2015.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Summary
Clear.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers inland, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly in the evening.

Friday 30 January

Summary
Min 23
Max 32
Partly cloudy.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers inland, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 34 to 39.

Fire Danger
East Pilbara Coast: High
West Pilbara Coast: High
East Pilbara Inland: High
Ashburton Inland: Very High
Exmouth Gulf Coast: High

UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Partly cloudy. Exmouth 23 32
Partly cloudy. Onslow 23 32
Partly cloudy. Karratha 25 33
Partly cloudy. Roebourne 25 35
Cloud clearing. Port Hedland 25 34
Sunny. Marble Bar 25 40
Shower or two. Possible storm. Paraburdoo 26 40
Shower or two. Possible storm. Tom Price 23 35
Shower or two. Possible storm. Newman 24 36

Saturday 31 January

Summary
Min 23
Max 32
Possible shower.

Pilbara area

Mostly sunny. Medium (50%) chance of showers in the far east, most likely in the early morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then becoming north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 30s.

Sunday 1 February

Summary
Min 24
Max 32
Mostly sunny.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then tending west to northwesterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 30s.

Monday 2 February

Summary
Min 23
Max 32
Partly cloudy.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower in the southeast in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm inland in the afternoon and evening. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then tending northwest to southwesterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.

Tuesday 3 February

Summary
Min 23
Max 34
Sunny.

Wednesday 4 February

Summary
Min 25
Max 36
Partly cloudy.

Thursday 5 February

Summary
Min 25
Max 36
Possible storm.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am WST Friday.

Product derived from IDW14199 and IDW13210