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Alligator Bluff, Northern Territory Weather

Alligator Bluff weather forecast with 7-day hourly predictions, current temperature, rainfall, wind, fire rating.

Today - Wed 13th

Observed 3:00pm, 13 May at Ngukurr Airport

Forecast

33° / 21°

<1mm 30%

Now

31.9°C

Humidity: 58%

Rain since 9am

0mm

Yesterday: 0mm

Latest Wind

20.4km/h 11kts ESE

Gust: 30.0km/h Gust: 16kts

Sun

6:44am

6:11pm

Moon

🌒

Waning Crescent

Extremes

21.3° 6:42am

33.1° 2:37pm

Mostly clear. Mostly clear.

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Tomorrow - Thu 14th

Forecast

33° / 20°

0mm 20%

Sun

6:44am

6:11pm

Partly cloudy. Partly cloudy.

Extended Forecast

Fri 15th

Forecast

32° / 20°

<1mm 30%

Sun

6:44am

6:10pm

Partly cloudy.Partly cloudy.

Sat 16th

Forecast

33° / 20°

0 - 1mm 40%

Sun

6:44am

6:10pm

Shower or two clearing.Shower or two clearing.

Sun 17th

Forecast

34° / 21°

0 - 5mm 60%

Sun

6:45am

6:10pm

Shower or two developing.Shower or two developing.

Mon 18th

Forecast

32° / 22°

3 - 12mm 70%

Sun

6:45am

6:10pm

Shower or two.Shower or two.

Tue 19th

Forecast

31° / 21°

<1mm 30%

Sun

6:45am

6:09pm

Partly cloudy.Partly cloudy.

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Time	Temp (°C)	Feels (°C)	Wind (km/h)	Wind (kts)	Gust (km/h)	Gust (kts)	Humidity (%)	Dewpoint (°C)	Mix Hgt (m)	Rain (mm)	Rain (50%)	Rain (25%)	Rain (10%)	Dryness	Sky (%)
Wed 13th May
2pm	32°C	33°C	↑ 18km/h ESE	-	30km/h	-	51%	21°C	1,800m	<1mm 30%	0mm	<1mm	1mm	-	49%
3pm	31°C	33°C	↑ 17km/h E	-	30km/h	-	57%	22°C	1,600m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	41%
4pm	30°C	32°C	↑ 16km/h E	-	28km/h	-	61%	22°C	1,200m
5pm	29°C	31°C	↑ 15km/h E	-	26km/h	-	65%	22°C	720m
6pm	27°C	29°C	↑ 12km/h E	-	20km/h	-	76%	22°C	320m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	35%
7pm	25°C	28°C	↑ 10km/h E	-	19km/h	-	85%	23°C	40m
8pm	24°C	28°C	↑ 9km/h E	-	17km/h	-	90%	23°C	20m
9pm	24°C	27°C	↑ 8km/h E	-	15km/h	-	94%	23°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	2%
10pm	23°C	27°C	↑ 8km/h E	-	15km/h	-	97%	23°C	20m
11pm	23°C	26°C	↑ 8km/h E	-	15km/h	-	98%	22°C	20m
Thu 14th May
12am	23°C	26°C	↑ 8km/h E	-	17km/h	-	98%	22°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	4%
1am	22°C	25°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	17km/h	-	99%	22°C	20m
2am	22°C	25°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	99%	22°C	20m
3am	22°C	25°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	99%	22°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	3%
4am	21°C	24°C	↑ 7km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m
5am	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m
6am	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	0%
7am	22°C	26°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	99%	22°C	410m
8am	25°C	28°C	↑ 9km/h SE	-	19km/h	-	82%	22°C	1,300m
9am	28°C	29°C	↑ 16km/h ESE	-	31km/h	-	65%	21°C	1,700m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	13%
10am	31°C	31°C	↑ 18km/h ESE	-	35km/h	-	55%	20°C	1,900m
11am	32°C	31°C	↑ 20km/h ESE	-	39km/h	-	49%	20°C	2,000m
12pm	33°C	32°C	↑ 20km/h E	-	39km/h	-	46%	20°C	2,000m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	39%
1pm	33°C	32°C	↑ 20km/h E	-	37km/h	-	47%	20°C	2,000m
2pm	33°C	33°C	↑ 19km/h E	-	37km/h	-	49%	20°C	1,800m
3pm	32°C	32°C	↑ 20km/h E	-	37km/h	-	52%	21°C	1,600m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	38%
4pm	31°C	31°C	↑ 18km/h E	-	33km/h	-	57%	21°C	1,300m
5pm	29°C	30°C	↑ 17km/h E	-	31km/h	-	64%	21°C	680m
6pm	26°C	29°C	↑ 13km/h E	-	24km/h	-	77%	22°C	360m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	4%
7pm	25°C	28°C	↑ 10km/h E	-	20km/h	-	88%	23°C	210m
8pm	24°C	27°C	↑ 9km/h E	-	19km/h	-	92%	23°C	50m
9pm	23°C	27°C	↑ 8km/h E	-	17km/h	-	96%	23°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	5%
10pm	23°C	26°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	15km/h	-	100%	23°C	20m
11pm	22°C	26°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m
Fri 15th May
12am	22°C	25°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m	0mm 5%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	8%
1am	22°C	25°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m
2am	21°C	24°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	100%	21°C	20m
3am	21°C	24°C	↑ 7km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	100%	21°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	5%
4am	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	100%	21°C	20m
5am	20°C	23°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	13km/h	-	100%	20°C	20m
6am	20°C	23°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	13km/h	-	100%	20°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	6%
7am	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	13km/h	-	99%	22°C	370m
8am	25°C	28°C	↑ 7km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	88%	23°C	1,200m
9am	28°C	31°C	↑ 12km/h ESE	-	26km/h	-	72%	22°C	1,600m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	39%
10am	30°C	32°C	↑ 15km/h ESE	-	30km/h	-	61%	22°C	1,800m
11am	31°C	33°C	↑ 17km/h E	-	31km/h	-	55%	21°C	2,000m
12pm	32°C	33°C	↑ 18km/h E	-	33km/h	-	52%	21°C	2,000m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	1mm	-	45%
1pm	32°C	33°C	↑ 19km/h E	-	33km/h	-	53%	21°C	1,900m
2pm	32°C	33°C	↑ 19km/h E	-	33km/h	-	54%	21°C	1,700m
3pm	31°C	32°C	↑ 19km/h E	-	35km/h	-	59%	22°C	1,300m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	34%
4pm	30°C	31°C	↑ 18km/h E	-	31km/h	-	63%	22°C	1,000m
5pm	28°C	30°C	↑ 16km/h E	-	30km/h	-	67%	22°C	610m
6pm	26°C	28°C	↑ 12km/h E	-	22km/h	-	78%	22°C	270m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	13%
7pm	24°C	28°C	↑ 9km/h E	-	19km/h	-	90%	23°C	170m
8pm	24°C	27°C	↑ 8km/h E	-	17km/h	-	94%	23°C	20m
9pm	23°C	27°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	17km/h	-	99%	23°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	13%
10pm	22°C	26°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	15km/h	-	99%	22°C	20m
11pm	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	15km/h	-	99%	22°C	20m
Sat 16th May
12am	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	13km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	6%
1am	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m
2am	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m
3am	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m	0mm 5%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	4%
4am	21°C	23°C	↑ 5km/h ESE	-	11km/h	-	99%	20°C	20m
5am	20°C	23°C	↑ 5km/h SE	-	11km/h	-	100%	20°C	20m
6am	20°C	23°C	↑ 5km/h SE	-	11km/h	-	100%	20°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	9%
7am	22°C	25°C	↑ 5km/h SE	-	11km/h	-	99%	22°C	610m
8am	25°C	29°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	89%	23°C	1,200m
9am	28°C	32°C	↑ 10km/h E	-	19km/h	-	72%	23°C	1,700m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	38%
10am	31°C	33°C	↑ 12km/h E	-	20km/h	-	63%	23°C	2,000m
11am	32°C	35°C	↑ 12km/h E	-	22km/h	-	56%	22°C	2,200m
12pm	33°C	35°C	↑ 12km/h ENE	-	20km/h	-	54%	22°C	2,100m	<1mm 30%	0mm	<1mm	2mm	-	48%
1pm	33°C	35°C	↑ 12km/h ENE	-	22km/h	-	55%	22°C	2,100m
2pm	33°C	35°C	↑ 13km/h ENE	-	22km/h	-	54%	22°C	1,800m
3pm	32°C	34°C	↑ 13km/h ENE	-	22km/h	-	58%	23°C	1,500m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	1mm	-	42%
4pm	31°C	33°C	↑ 13km/h ENE	-	22km/h	-	62%	23°C	940m
5pm	29°C	32°C	↑ 13km/h E	-	22km/h	-	67%	23°C	610m
6pm	27°C	30°C	↑ 11km/h E	-	20km/h	-	79%	23°C	220m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	7%
7pm	25°C	29°C	↑ 9km/h E	-	17km/h	-	90%	23°C	20m
8pm	24°C	28°C	↑ 8km/h E	-	15km/h	-	96%	23°C	20m
9pm	23°C	27°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	15km/h	-	99%	23°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	5%
10pm	23°C	26°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	13km/h	-	99%	22°C	20m
11pm	22°C	26°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	13km/h	-	99%	22°C	20m
Sun 17th May
12am	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	13km/h	-	99%	22°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	9%
1am	21°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h ENE	-	11km/h	-	98%	21°C	20m
2am	21°C	24°C	↑ 5km/h ENE	-	11km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m
3am	21°C	24°C	↑ 5km/h ENE	-	11km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	14%
4am	21°C	24°C	↑ 5km/h E	-	11km/h	-	99%	21°C	20m
5am	20°C	23°C	↑ 5km/h E	-	11km/h	-	100%	20°C	20m
6am	20°C	23°C	↑ 5km/h E	-	11km/h	-	100%	20°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	23%
7am	22°C	26°C	↑ 4km/h ENE	-	9km/h	-	99%	22°C	540m
8am	25°C	30°C	↑ 5km/h ENE	-	11km/h	-	92%	24°C	1,100m
9am	29°C	33°C	↑ 8km/h ENE	-	15km/h	-	76%	24°C	1,600m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	36%
10am	31°C	35°C	↑ 9km/h NE	-	17km/h	-	66%	24°C	1,900m
11am	32°C	36°C	↑ 9km/h NE	-	17km/h	-	59%	23°C	2,000m
12pm	33°C	37°C	↑ 9km/h NE	-	17km/h	-	56%	23°C	2,000m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	46%
1pm	33°C	37°C	↑ 9km/h NE	-	17km/h	-	55%	23°C	2,000m
2pm	34°C	37°C	↑ 9km/h NE	-	17km/h	-	54%	23°C	1,900m
3pm	33°C	37°C	↑ 9km/h NE	-	17km/h	-	55%	23°C	1,700m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	2mm	-	42%
4pm	32°C	35°C	↑ 9km/h NE	-	17km/h	-	59%	23°C	1,300m
5pm	30°C	34°C	↑ 10km/h ENE	-	19km/h	-	67%	23°C	620m
6pm	27°C	31°C	↑ 9km/h E	-	17km/h	-	79%	24°C	350m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	1mm	-	40%
7pm	26°C	30°C	↑ 8km/h E	-	15km/h	-	90%	24°C	260m
8pm	25°C	29°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	15km/h	-	97%	24°C	160m
9pm	24°C	28°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	15km/h	-	100%	24°C	60m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	2mm	-	45%
10pm	23°C	27°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	13km/h	-	100%	23°C	20m
11pm	23°C	26°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	13km/h	-	100%	23°C	20m
Mon 18th May
12am	22°C	26°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	13km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m	<1mm 30%	0mm	<1mm	5mm	-	52%
1am	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	13km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m
2am	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m
3am	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m	<1mm 30%	0mm	<1mm	4mm	-	52%
4am	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m
5am	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	11km/h	-	100%	21°C	20m
6am	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h SSE	-	11km/h	-	100%	21°C	20m	<1mm 30%	0mm	<1mm	4mm	-	53%
7am	22°C	26°C	↑ 5km/h SSE	-	11km/h	-	100%	22°C	640m
8am	25°C	29°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	13km/h	-	96%	24°C	980m
9am	27°C	31°C	↑ 10km/h SE	-	19km/h	-	80%	24°C	1,400m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	56%
10am	29°C	33°C	↑ 11km/h ESE	-	20km/h	-	70%	23°C	1,600m
11am	31°C	34°C	↑ 10km/h ESE	-	19km/h	-	65%	23°C	1,700m
12pm	31°C	35°C	↑ 9km/h ESE	-	17km/h	-	63%	23°C	1,800m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	51%
1pm	32°C	35°C	↑ 10km/h ESE	-	19km/h	-	62%	23°C	1,800m
2pm	32°C	35°C	↑ 10km/h ESE	-	19km/h	-	60%	23°C	1,700m
3pm	32°C	35°C	↑ 11km/h SE	-	20km/h	-	62%	23°C	1,600m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	2mm	-	45%
4pm	31°C	34°C	↑ 11km/h ESE	-	19km/h	-	64%	23°C	1,400m
5pm	30°C	33°C	↑ 10km/h ESE	-	19km/h	-	69%	23°C	900m
6pm	27°C	31°C	↑ 9km/h ESE	-	17km/h	-	79%	23°C	510m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	1mm	-	41%
7pm	26°C	30°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	87%	24°C	350m
8pm	25°C	30°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	90%	24°C	210m
9pm	25°C	29°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	13km/h	-	94%	24°C	70m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	40%
10pm	24°C	29°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	98%	24°C	20m
11pm	24°C	28°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	99%	24°C	20m
Tue 19th May
12am	24°C	28°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	99%	24°C	20m	0mm 20%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	41%
1am	23°C	27°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	99%	23°C	20m
2am	23°C	27°C	↑ 7km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	99%	23°C	20m
3am	23°C	27°C	↑ 8km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	98%	23°C	20m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	40%
4am	23°C	26°C	↑ 8km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	100%	23°C	20m
5am	22°C	25°C	↑ 8km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	100%	22°C	20m
6am	22°C	25°C	↑ 8km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	100%	22°C	210m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	39%
7am	23°C	26°C	↑ 8km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	99%	22°C	810m
8am	25°C	28°C	↑ 10km/h SE	-	19km/h	-	86%	22°C	1,200m
9am	27°C	29°C	↑ 14km/h SE	-	24km/h	-	73%	22°C	1,500m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	35%
10am	29°C	31°C	↑ 16km/h SE	-	28km/h	-	63%	22°C	1,600m
11am	31°C	32°C	↑ 16km/h SE	-	28km/h	-	58%	21°C	1,700m
12pm	31°C	33°C	↑ 15km/h SE	-	26km/h	-	56%	21°C	1,700m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	42%
1pm	31°C	33°C	↑ 15km/h ESE	-	26km/h	-	57%	22°C	1,800m
2pm	31°C	33°C	↑ 14km/h ESE	-	24km/h	-	57%	22°C	1,700m
3pm	31°C	33°C	↑ 14km/h ESE	-	24km/h	-	60%	22°C	1,600m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	45%
4pm	30°C	32°C	↑ 13km/h ESE	-	22km/h	-	62%	22°C	1,500m
5pm	29°C	31°C	↑ 12km/h ESE	-	22km/h	-	65%	22°C	670m
6pm	27°C	29°C	↑ 10km/h ESE	-	19km/h	-	73%	22°C	190m	0mm 10%	0mm	0mm	<1mm	-	38%
7pm	26°C	29°C	↑ 8km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	82%	22°C	20m
8pm	25°C	28°C	↑ 7km/h ESE	-	15km/h	-	84%	22°C	20m
9pm	24°C	28°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	88%	22°C	20m	0mm 5%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	17%
10pm	24°C	27°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	91%	22°C	20m
11pm	23°C	26°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	92%	22°C	20m
Wed 20th May
12am	23°C	26°C	↑ 7km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	92%	22°C	20m	0mm 5%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	9%
1am	23°C	25°C	↑ 8km/h SE	-	15km/h	-	92%	21°C	50m
2am	22°C	25°C	↑ 9km/h SE	-	17km/h	-	91%	21°C	190m
3am	22°C	25°C	↑ 9km/h SSE	-	17km/h	-	89%	20°C	90m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	4%
4am	22°C	24°C	↑ 9km/h SSE	-	17km/h	-	90%	20°C	50m
5am	21°C	23°C	↑ 9km/h SSE	-	17km/h	-	90%	20°C	20m
6am	21°C	22°C	↑ 9km/h SE	-	17km/h	-	90%	19°C	350m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	6%
7am	22°C	23°C	↑ 9km/h SE	-	17km/h	-	87%	19°C	740m
8am	24°C	25°C	↑ 12km/h SE	-	20km/h	-	75%	19°C	990m
9am	26°C	26°C	↑ 16km/h SE	-	28km/h	-	62%	18°C	1,300m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	10%
10am	28°C	28°C	↑ 18km/h SE	-	30km/h	-	53%	18°C	1,500m
11am	30°C	29°C	↑ 18km/h SE	-	30km/h	-	49%	18°C	1,600m
12pm	31°C	30°C	↑ 17km/h SE	-	28km/h	-	47%	18°C	1,700m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	20%
1pm	31°C	31°C	↑ 16km/h ESE	-	26km/h	-	48%	19°C	1,700m
2pm	31°C	31°C	↑ 15km/h ESE	-	26km/h	-	48%	19°C	1,600m
3pm	31°C	31°C	↑ 14km/h ESE	-	24km/h	-	51%	19°C	1,600m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	24%
4pm	30°C	30°C	↑ 14km/h ESE	-	24km/h	-	53%	19°C	1,400m
5pm	28°C	29°C	↑ 12km/h ESE	-	22km/h	-	58%	19°C	500m
6pm	26°C	27°C	↑ 10km/h ESE	-	19km/h	-	68%	19°C	60m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	15%
7pm	24°C	26°C	↑ 7km/h E	-	15km/h	-	78%	20°C	20m
8pm	23°C	26°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	13km/h	-	82%	20°C	20m
9pm	22°C	25°C	↑ 6km/h E	-	13km/h	-	88%	20°C	20m	0mm 0%	0mm	0mm	0mm	-	9%
10pm	21°C	24°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	11km/h	-	92%	20°C	20m
11pm	21°C	23°C	↑ 6km/h ESE	-	13km/h	-	94%	20°C	20m
Thu 21st May
12am	20°C	23°C	↑ 6km/h SE	-	13km/h	-	96%	20°C	-	-mm	-mm	-mm	-mm	-	-

Forecasts issued - Model: 2:29pm 13 May, Text: 2:40pm 13 May (from Ngukurr)

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