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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:30 pm WST on Monday 13 January 2020
for the period until midnight WST Friday 17 January 2020.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
Severe Tropical Cyclone Claudia lies well offshore from the Pilbara coast and is moving west to southwest. A broad trough extends from the Pilbara coast to the northern Interior and will drift further inland on Tuesday before deepening over eastern parts of the Interior on Wednesday and Thursday.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A new ridge of high pressure is developing to the south of the State. A trough will redevelop near the west coast by Tuesday and deepen on Wednesday. Another trough will develop through the Interior on Wednesday and extend towards northern parts of the South West Land Division on Thursday.

Forecast for the rest of Monday 13 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Interior, northern Goldfields, and northeastern parts of the South West Land Division. Possible light showers about the south coast east of Bremer Bay. Possible severe thunderstorms

Forecast for Tuesday 14 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Interior, Goldfields and over northern and eastern parts of the South West Land Division.

Forecast for Wednesday 15 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, northern and western Interior, Goldfields and over northeastern parts of the South West Land Division. Rain at times in the southeast of the South West Land Division.

Forecast for Thursday 16 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, inland Gascoyne, northern and western Interior, Goldfields and over central and northeastern parts of the South West Land Division. Rain at times over the South Coastal and South East Coastal districts with possible thunderstorms later in the day.

Forecast for Friday 17 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, inland Gascoyne, far northern and western parts of the Interior, the Goldfields, western Eucla and eastern parts of the South West Land Division. Showers about the south coast and adjacent inland areas west of Bremer Bay.

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

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