Tom Price Forecast

View the current warnings for Western Australia

Forecast issued at 4:25 pm WST on Saturday 31 January 2015.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday

Summary
Possible shower or storm.

Pilbara area

Mostly clear. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm inland. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.

Sunday 1 February

Summary
Min 21
Max 34
Possible shower or storm.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers in the afternoon and early evening. The chance of a thunderstorm inland. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the morning then becoming west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 30s.

Fire Danger
East Pilbara Coast: High
West Pilbara Coast: High
East Pilbara Inland: High
Ashburton Inland: High
Exmouth Gulf Coast: Low-Moderate

UV Alert from 8:20 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Possible shower. Exmouth 23 31
Possible morning shower. Onslow 24 31
Possible shower. Karratha 26 32
Possible shower. Roebourne 25 34
Possible shower. Port Hedland 25 34
Possible shower or storm. Marble Bar 24 39
Shower or two. Possible storm. Paraburdoo 23 37
Possible shower or storm. Tom Price 21 34
Shower or two. Possible storm. Newman 23 35

Monday 2 February

Summary
Min 22
Max 35
Possible shower or storm.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers in the southeast, slight (20%) chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm inland. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then tending northwest to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 40.

Tuesday 3 February

Summary
Min 23
Max 35
Shower or two. Possible storm.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers inland in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day then tending northwest to southwesterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 36 to 41.

Wednesday 4 February

Summary
Min 23
Max 35
Shower or two. Possible storm.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers inland in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Thursday 5 February

Summary
Min 24
Max 35
Shower or two. Possible storm.

Friday 6 February

Summary
Min 24
Max 38
Possible shower or storm.

Saturday 7 February

Summary
Min 24
Max 37
Mostly sunny.

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

Product derived from IDW14199 and IDW13210