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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:30 pm WST on Friday 8 March 2019
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 12 March 2019.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A surface trough extends through inland parts of the Kimberley and Pilbara and will drift slowly west over the weekend.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge of high pressure lies well to the south with a broad surface trough over central parts of the State. A branch of the trough will develop down the west coast from Friday night before moving eastwards on Sunday. A new ridge of high pressure will develop to the southwest of the state on Monday, with a high pressure system moving south of the State on Tuesday.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 8 March
Rain over mainly western and southern parts of the South West Land Division and adjacent Goldfields. Patchy and generally light falls anticipated. Showers and thunderstorms over coastal parts of the north and west Kimberley and the adjacent Pilbara.

Forecast for Saturday 9 March
Rain over the South West Land Division and adjacent southern Goldfields and Eucla. Patchy and generally light falls anticipated. Showers and thunderstorms over the coastal north Kimberley.

Forecast for Sunday 10 March
Rain over southern and central parts of the South West Land Division and the adjacent Eucla. Patchy, generally light falls anticipated and gradually clearing during the day. Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley.

Forecast for Monday 11 March
Showers over eastern parts of the South West Land Division and the southern Eucla, clearing during the day. Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, northeast Pilbara and the adjacent Interior.

Forecast for Tuesday 12 March
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Interior, inland Gascoyne, northern Goldfields and adjacent parts of the South West Land Division.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Saturday.

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