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Mackay Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Mackay

Queensland, Australia

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 02
Dec		01:00

NNW
NNW

 12 / 14 mph 81 / 88°F 86% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
25%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
04:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 16 mph 79 / 85°F 84% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
60%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
07:00

NNW
NNW

 12 / 17 mph 81 / 84°F 81% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

N
N

 16 / 18 mph 85 / 90°F 76% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
27%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

N
N

 14 / 17 mph 88 / 97°F 74% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

NNE
NNE

 11 / 13 mph 88 / 100°F 79% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
27%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
19:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 9 mph 85 / 96°F 83% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 13%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
22:00

NNW
NNW

 11 / 13 mph 82 / 91°F 86% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 96%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
43%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sun 03
Dec		01:00

N
N

 12 / 16 mph 80 / 86°F 85% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
04:00

NNW
NNW

 13 / 20 mph 78 / 82°F 84% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
07:00

NNW
NNW

 10 / 17 mph 80 / 82°F 81% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
18%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

N
N

 12 / 13 mph 84 / 89°F 73% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

NNE
NNE

 13 / 15 mph 88 / 98°F 73% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 9 mph 89 / 102°F 79% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 38%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
19:00

NW
NW

 9 / 10 mph 84 / 97°F 85% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 84%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
76%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
22:00

NNW
NNW

 7 / 8 mph 82 / 90°F 86% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
48%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Mackay:

Over the next 7 days the Mackay forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 31°C, with a high for the week of 32°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 1st. The average minimum temperature will be 25°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Thursday 7th at 25°C. The week ahead will remain predominantly dry. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

The day label given represents the local day relative to the local time for the location you are looking at.
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Day

This time is corrected for local time zones and where possible for daylight saving times.
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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure