IDW10100
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Saturday 19 September 2020
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 22 September 2020.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
The trough extends from the inland Pilbara to the southern Kimberley and will
broaden into the North Interior during Saturday. A strong ridge will develop
through central parts of the State on Sunday and Monday with a trough
developing and extending from the Pilbara coast to the Kimberley coast on
Tuesday.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A deep surface trough lies near the SA border and will continue contracting
east during Saturday. A cold front is moving through the western South West
Land Division. A ridge develops through central parts of the State on Sunday
and Monday before drifting towards the south coast on Tuesday.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday 19 September
Showers extending over the South West Land Division, southwest Goldfields and
the adjacent Gascoyne. A chance of gusty thunderstorms with small hail
extending into southern and central parts of the South West Land Division, most
likely in the afternoon and evening. Morning showers over the eastern Eucla.

Forecast for Sunday 20 September
Showers with small hail about southern and western parts of the South West Land
Division with mainly light falls inland. A chance of a gusty thunderstorm over
the South West and South Coastal districts, contracting to southern coastal
parts during the morning. A chance of an afternoon thunderstorm over the
northern Kimberley.

Forecast for Monday 21 September
Showers about southern parts of the South West Land Division and the Eucla
coast, with a chance of a morning shower about the west coast south of Lancelin.

Forecast for Tuesday 22 September
Showers about coastal and adjacent parts between Lancelin and Israelite Bay,
extending into southwestern parts of the Great Southern for a period during the
day. A chance of an afternoon thunderstorm over the northeast Kimberley.

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

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