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Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Weather forecast for Perth effective as of 12:00 AM Tuesday May 8

Weather forecast for Perth effective as of 12:00 AM Tuesday May 8
Explanatory notes:
Scroll down below this section for forecast. 


Figure 1.Surface synoptic chart at 12 UTC(8 PM local time yesterday).Image courtesy of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology(BOM).



Figure 2.Key features identified on True Colour RGB satellite image at around 06:00 UTC(2 PM local time yesterday).Satellite image courtesy of the Japanese Meteorological Agency(JMA).

Figure 3.Mean Sea Level Pressure(MSLP) analysis with infrared greyscale satellite image at 12 UTC(8 PM local time yesterday).Image courtesy of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology(BOM).


Figure 4:Surface synoptic prognosis.Image courtesy of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology(BOM).






A ridge of high pressure lied over the region on Monday.

Radiatonal cooling results in a chilly Tuesday morning,how low temperatures drop to depends on strength of southeasterly winds.

The high pressure ridge lies to the south of the region hence the possibility of smoke haze depending on location of prescribed burns with easterly winds on Wednesday and Thursday.

A wet coast trough deepens near the west coast with warm air advection,leading to warm conditions on Friday.





Tuesday May 8:
City:
8-23 Degrees Celsius
Becoming sunny.
Chance of any rain:0%
Amount:0 mm.




Perth metropolitan area:
Some high clouds early,then sunny.A slight chance of smoke haze early.Light winds becoming south-southwesterly at 15-25 km/h from around the middle of the day becoming southeasterly at 10-20 km/h at night.

Wednesday May 9:
City:
11-25 Degrees Celsius
Sunny.
Chance of any rain:0%
Amount:0 mm.




Perth metropolitan area:
Sunny.Smoke haze possible.Winds east-southeasterly at 15-25 km/h.

Thursday May 10:
City:
13-26 Degrees Celsius
High clouds(partly cloudy).
Chance of any rain:0%
Amount:0 mm.




Perth metropolitan area:
High clouds(partly cloudy).Smoke haze possible.Winds easterly at 20-30 km/h.

Friday May 11:
City:
15-28 Degrees Celsius
Sunny.
Chance of any rain:0%
Amount:0 mm.




Perth metropolitan area:
Sunny.Winds northeasterly at 15-25 km/h becoming light in the afternoon and evening.

Saturday May 12:
City:
15-27 Degrees Celsius
Mostly sunny.
Chance of any rain:5%
Amount:0 mm.




Perth metropolitan area:
Mostly sunny.Light winds tending west-northwesterly at 10-20 km/h during the afternoon and evening.

Sunday May 13:
City:
15-25 Degrees Celsius
Partly cloudy.
Chance of any rain:5%
Amount:0 mm.




Perth metropolitan area:
Mostly sunny.Light winds.

Monday May 14:
City:
14-27 Degrees Celsius
Partly cloudy.
Chance of any rain:0%
Amount:0 mm.




Perth metropolitan area:
Mostly sunny.Winds east-southeasterly at 10-20 km/h.


Forecast for today produced at 11:45 PM Monday May 7,forecast for the rest of the days produced at 5:00 PM Monday May 7.Weather icons courtesy of the US National Weather Service.