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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
Tue 05
Jul		01:00

SSE
SSE

 17 / 23 mph 57 / 53°F 94% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 65%
High level cloud: 96%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.73 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.73 In
04:00

S
S

 13 / 21 mph 55 / 52°F 93% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 92%
High level cloud: 57%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.53 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.53 In
07:00

SSW
SSW

 14 / 18 mph 56 / 52°F 94% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 69%
Mid level cloud: 50%
High level cloud: 93%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.43 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.43 In
10:00

SSW
SSW

 13 / 15 mph 59 / 56°F 94% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 60%
Mid level cloud: 94%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.42 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.42 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

 14 / 16 mph 62 / 62°F 95% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 79%
High level cloud: 36%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
93%
Expect 0.50 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.50 In
16:00

SSW
SSW

 9 / 11 mph 63 / 62°F 94% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 59%
Mid level cloud: 54%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
78%
Expect 0.34 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.34 In
19:00

S
S

 14 / 16 mph 60 / 60°F 90% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 37%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
Expect 0.20 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.20 In
22:00

S
S

 14 / 16 mph 58 / 55°F 90% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
Expect 0.32 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.32 In
Wed 06
Jul		01:00

SSE
SSE

 12 / 13 mph 58 / 55°F 88% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 56%
High level cloud: 67%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
96%
Expect 0.09 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.09 In
04:00

SSE
SSE

 8 / 12 mph 56 / 54°F 86% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 89%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.08 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.08 In
07:00

SSE
SSE

 11 / 18 mph 56 / 53°F 83% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
10:00

S
S

 11 / 13 mph 61 / 60°F 76% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
19%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
13:00

SSE
SSE

 8 / 9 mph 65 / 64°F 70% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
16:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 7 mph 66 / 65°F 72% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
19:00

SSE
SSE

 6 / 7 mph 65 / 65°F 75% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
22:00

SW
SW

 6 / 8 mph 62 / 62°F 82% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Mackay:

Taking a look at Mackay over the coming week and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 21°C, with a high for the week of 26°C expected on the afternoon of Thursday 7th. The mean minimum temperature will be 13°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 11th at 11°C. The coming week will have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain. The current forecast indicates Tuesday 11th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 88.0mm. 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