Pilbara District

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Forecast issued at 4:25 pm WST on Thursday 3 December 2020.

Weather Situation

A trough over the inland Kimberley extends through the North Interior and to the Pilbara.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower inland, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.

Friday 4 December

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers in the east, slight (20%) chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly before dawn then tending northwest to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 37 to 43.

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

Sun protection 7:50am to 4:00pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Location	Min	Max
Exmouth	21	39
Onslow	25	38
Karratha	27	38
Roebourne	27	41
Port Hedland	27	39
Marble Bar	27	40
Paraburdoo	27	40
Tom Price	24	36
Newman	25	36

Saturday 5 December

Mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower in the northeast in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h early in the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 39 to 44.

Sunday 6 December

Very hot and mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower in the northeast, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 39 to 45.

Monday 7 December

Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers in the northeast, slight (20%) chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning then tending northwest to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 38 to 44.

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

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