IDW10100
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Friday 21 August 2020
for the period until midnight WST Monday 24 August 2020.

Warning Information
For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659
210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts.

Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A ridge of high pressure lies over southern parts of the State. A trough
extends from the inland Kimberley through to the Pilbara coast. Hot conditions
will persist into the weekend.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A high pressure ridge lies over southern parts of the State, and will move
south of the State by Friday evening. A trough and associated cold front will
affect southwestern parts on Saturday, with the trough contracting into eastern
parts on Sunday.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 21 August
Showers near the southern and Eucla coasts. Patchy light rain possible over the
central Gascoyne.

Forecast for Saturday 22 August
Showers southwest of a line from Jurien Bay to Northam to Bremer Bay. Patchy
light rain also possible over remaining northern parts of the South West Land
Division, southern Gascoyne and the central Goldfields.

Forecast for Sunday 23 August
Showers about the southern and western coasts and adjacent inland parts of the
South West Land Division. Showers or patchy light rain also possible over the
Goldfields, southern Gascoyne and the western Eucla.

Forecast for Monday 24 August
Showers about the southern and western coasts and adjacent inland parts of the
South West Land Division. Showers or patchy light rain also possible over the
northern Goldfields and adjacent South Interior

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm WST Friday.

  • Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or
    public phones.

Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533
532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the
conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements
(http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).