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.

Southern Cross 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 27
Chance of a late storm.

Central Wheat Belt area

Cloudy. Isolated showers in the far southwest, extending throughout from the late morning. Isolated thunderstorms during the evening. Destructive winds possible in the far southwest during the late evening. Winds northwesterly and light increasing to 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then tending northerly 25 to 35 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the mid to high 20s.

Fire Danger
Mortlock: Low-Moderate
Ninghan: High
Avon: Low-Moderate
Jilbadgie: Low-Moderate

UV Alert from 10:00 am to 2:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 5 [Moderate]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Chance of a late storm. Dalwallinu – 25
Chance of a late storm. Northam – 25
Chance of a late storm. Merredin – 26
Chance of a late storm. Southern Cross – 27

Wednesday 8 May

Summary
Min 15
Max 22
Storms clearing. Very windy.

Central Wheat Belt area

Windy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Winds northerly 45 to 55 km/h turning northwesterly 40 to 55 km/h before dawn. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 20s.

Thursday 9 May

Summary
Min 9
Max 20
Chance of a storm. Windy.

Central Wheat Belt area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the west, extending throughout from the morning. Isolated thunderstorms. Winds west to northwesterly 45 to 55 km/h, decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching around 20.

Friday 10 May

Summary
Min 10
Max 18
Shower or two clearing.

Central Wheat Belt area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h turning westerly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching around 18.

Saturday 11 May

Summary
Min 6
Max 18
Shower or two.

Sunday 12 May

Summary
Min 6
Max 18
Partly cloudy.

Monday 13 May

Summary
Min 7
Max 20
Partly cloudy.

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

Product derived from IDW14199 and and IDW13170