Tom Price Forecast

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Forecast issued at 5:00 am WST on Friday 25 April 2014.

Forecast for the rest of Friday

Summary
Max 31
Partly cloudy.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Patchy rain and isolated thunderstorms in the southwest. Possible heavy falls in the far west during the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 31 to 37.

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

UV Alert from 9:00 am to 3:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Rain and chance of a storm. Exmouth – 30
Chance of a late storm. Onslow – 30
Partly cloudy. Karratha – 29
Partly cloudy. Roebourne – 36
Partly cloudy. Port Hedland – 33
Partly cloudy. Marble Bar – 37
Partly cloudy. Paraburdoo – 33
Partly cloudy. Tom Price – 31
Partly cloudy. Newman – 33

Saturday 26 April

Summary
Min 18
Max 30
Cloudy.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Areas of rain and the chance of thunderstorms in the southwest with possible heavy falls. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then tending north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 37.

Sunday 27 April

Summary
Min 18
Max 29
Shower or two.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the southwest. Light winds becoming west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 37.

Monday 28 April

Summary
Min 19
Max 29
Mostly sunny.

Pilbara area

Isolated showers in the southwest in the morning. Mostly sunny day. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 20 to 30 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 37.

Tuesday 29 April

Summary
Min 18
Max 30
Sunny.

Wednesday 30 April

Summary
Min 16
Max 31
Sunny.

Thursday 1 May

Summary
Min 17
Max 32
Sunny.

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

Product derived from IDW14199 and IDW13210