IDW10100
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Wednesday 23 December 2020
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 26 December 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 trough extends from the inland Pilbara through the inland Kimberley to a
weakening tropical low over the eastern Kimberley.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge lies south of the State and a trough is deepening near the west coast.
Temperatures rising along the west coast as the trough remains near stationary
through to Thursday before the trough moves slowly east on Friday and Saturday.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 23 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley and North Interior.

Forecast for Thursday 24 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley and North Interior. A chance of an
afternoon shower or thunderstorm over the South Coastal district and the
adjacent Great Southern.

Forecast for Friday 25 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, North Interior and the eastern
Pilbara. A chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm over the Great
Southern and the South East Coastal districts.

Forecast for Saturday 26 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, North Interior and central and
eastern parts of the Pilbara. A chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm
over the southern Goldfields and the adjacent Central Wheat Belt. Chance of a
shower along the south coast.

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

  • 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).