Southern Cross Forecast

View the current warnings for Western Australia

Forecast issued at 5:00 am WST on Thursday 24 July 2014.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Summary
Max 16
Morning shower or two.

Central Wheat Belt area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the late morning and early afternoon. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures around 17.

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

UV Alert from 10:50 am to 1:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Shower or two clearing. Dalwallinu – 17
Afternoon shower or two. Northam – 18
Partly cloudy. Merredin – 17
Morning shower or two. Southern Cross – 16

Friday 25 July

Summary
Min 2
Max 19
Mostly sunny.

Central Wheat Belt area

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 2 and 6 with daytime temperatures reaching around 19.

Saturday 26 July

Summary
Min 4
Max 19
Shower or two developing.

Central Wheat Belt area

Becoming cloudy. Scattered showers in the southwest, extending throughout in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning westerly 25 to 35 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 7 with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and 20.

Sunday 27 July

Summary
Min 4
Max 17
Early shower or two.

Central Wheat Belt area

Cloudy. Isolated showers in the north in the morning. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then becoming light during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 7 with daytime temperatures reaching around 17.

Monday 28 July

Summary
Min 3
Max 18
Partly cloudy.

Tuesday 29 July

Summary
Min 4
Max 18
Cloudy.

Wednesday 30 July

Summary
Min 5
Max 18
Cloudy.

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

Product derived from IDW14199 and IDW13170