Southern Cross Forecast

View the current warnings for Western Australia

Forecast issued at 4:25 pm WST on Thursday 12 December 2013.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Summary
Clear.

Central Wheat Belt area

Mostly clear. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.

Friday 13 December

Summary
Min 20
Max 37
Mostly sunny.

Central Wheat Belt area

Mostly sunny. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning north to northeasterly in the morning then becoming light in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.

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

UV Alert from 7:50 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Mostly sunny. Dalwallinu 19 39
Sunny. Northam 20 39
Mostly sunny. Merredin 20 39
Mostly sunny. Southern Cross 20 37

Saturday 14 December

Summary
Min 22
Max 39
Mostly sunny.

Central Wheat Belt area

Mostly sunny. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Sunday 15 December

Summary
Min 24
Max 40
Sunny.

Central Wheat Belt area

Sunny. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light during the day then becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Monday 16 December

Summary
Min 25
Max 41
Partly cloudy.

Central Wheat Belt area

Mostly sunny. Winds northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending north to northeasterly during the morning then becoming light during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Tuesday 17 December

Summary
Min 24
Max 41
Partly cloudy.

Wednesday 18 December

Summary
Min 21
Max 37
Partly cloudy.

Thursday 19 December

Summary
Min 17
Max 31
Chance of a morning storm.

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

Product derived from IDW14199 and IDW13170