Tom Price Forecast

View the current warnings for Western Australia

Forecast issued at 4:25 pm WST on Friday 13 December 2013.

Forecast for the rest of Friday

Summary
Chance of a storm.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Saturday 14 December

Summary
Min 25
Max 37
Chance of a storm.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Winds southeast to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Fire Danger
East Pilbara Coast: Very High
West Pilbara Coast: Very High
East Pilbara Inland: Severe
Ashburton Inland: Very High
Exmouth Gulf Coast: Very High

UV Alert from 7:50 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Sunny. Exmouth 24 39
Sunny. Onslow 27 39
Partly cloudy. Karratha 28 38
Partly cloudy. Roebourne 28 40
Partly cloudy. Port Hedland 27 38
Chance of a storm. Marble Bar 29 42
Chance of a storm. Paraburdoo 28 41
Chance of a storm. Tom Price 25 37
Chance of a storm. Newman 26 38

Sunday 15 December

Summary
Min 24
Max 36
Chance of an afternoon storm.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the far east, extending throughout during the afternoon and evening. Winds northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 40.

Monday 16 December

Summary
Min 23
Max 36
Partly cloudy.

Pilbara area

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the afternoon and evening. Isolated thunderstorms. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly during the morning then tending northwest to northeasterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.

Tuesday 17 December

Summary
Min 23
Max 36
Chance of a storm.

Pilbara area

Sunny morning. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to northeasterly during the morning then tending northwest to southwesterly during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Wednesday 18 December

Summary
Min 25
Max 38
Mostly sunny.

Thursday 19 December

Summary
Min 25
Max 39
Mostly sunny.

Friday 20 December

Summary
Min 24
Max 38
Sunny.

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

Product derived from IDW14199 and IDW13210