Southern Cross Forecast

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Forecast issued at 5:00 am WST on Wednesday 12 March 2014.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday

Summary
Max 33
Chance of a late storm.

Central Wheat Belt area

Mostly sunny morning. Isolated showers and gusty thunderstorms from the late morning. Winds northeasterly 25 to 35 km/h becoming light in the early afternoon then becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s.

Fire Danger
Mortlock: Very High
Ninghan: Very High
Avon: Very High
Jilbadgie: High

UV Alert from 8:50 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Chance of a storm. Dalwallinu – 35
Chance of a storm. Northam – 35
Chance of a storm. Merredin – 34
Chance of a late storm. Southern Cross – 33

Thursday 13 March

Summary
Min 20
Max 36
Chance of a storm.

Central Wheat Belt area

Mostly sunny morning. Isolated showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h shifting west to southwesterly in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid 30s.

Friday 14 March

Summary
Min 18
Max 28
Partly cloudy.

Central Wheat Belt area

Partly cloudy. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h tending southeasterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 31.

Saturday 15 March

Summary
Min 11
Max 25
Sunny.

Central Wheat Belt area

Sunny. Winds southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s.

Sunday 16 March

Summary
Min 8
Max 25
Sunny.

Monday 17 March

Summary
Min 11
Max 29
Sunny.

Tuesday 18 March

Summary
Min 15
Max 31
Mostly sunny.

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

Product derived from IDW14199 and IDW13170