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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Sunday 18 October 2020
for the period until midnight WST Wednesday 21 October 2020.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough lies inland from the North Interior to the southern Gascoyne and will
drift slowly southwards during Sunday. Monday and Tuesday a branch of the
trough will form through inland parts of the Pilbara.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A high pressure ridge lies to the south of the State. A surface trough over the
southern Gascoyne will drift slowly south on Sunday. The trough will then
extend from the South Interior through the Goldfields and into the central
parts of the South West Land Division during Monday and Tuesday.

Forecast for the rest of Sunday 18 October
Showers and thunderstorms over the northern and eastern Kimberley, the
Interior, southern and eastern Gascoyne, Goldfields, far northern Eucla, and
parts of the South West Land Division northeast of a line Perth to Bremer Bay.

Forecast for Monday 19 October
Showers and thunderstorms over the northern and eastern Kimberley, the southern
Interior, Goldfields, Eucla, and over southern and eastern parts of the South
West Land Division.

Forecast for Tuesday 20 October
Showers and thunderstorms possible over the northern and eastern Kimberley, the
far South Interior, southern Goldfields, Eucla and over eastern parts of the
South West Land Division. Showers also likely over southern and central parts
of the South West Land Division.

Forecast for Wednesday 21 October
Showers and thunderstorms possible over the northern Kimberley, southern
Goldfields, Eucla and over eastern parts of the South West Land Division.
Showers also likely over southern and central parts of the South West Land
Division.

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

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