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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Saturday 6 February 2021
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 9 February 2021.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad trough lies over the inland Kimberley and extends to a tropical low
just offshore from the Gascoyne coast. The tropical low is expected to move
south over the weekend. Another tropical low may move into the eastern
Kimberley during Tuesday.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A tropical low lies offshore from the Gascoyne coast and is expected to move
south just offshore from the west coast over the coming days. A high pressure
ridge is developing to the south of the State, and will likely remain there
until the low moves to the south of the State during Monday.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday 6 February
Rain over the Central West district, with heavy falls possible. Rain areas also
expected over the southern and eastern Gascoyne and the northern Goldfields,
extending throughout the remainder of the South West Land Division and
Goldfields and into the western Interior during the day.
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, far eastern Pilbara, northern
Interior and far northeast Gascoyne, with showers over remaining parts of the
Pilbara and Gascoyne.

Forecast for Sunday 7 February
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, eastern Pilbara, northeastern
Gascoyne, northern Goldfields and the Interior, with showers also possible over
remaining parts of the Pilbara, Gascoyne and Goldfields. Windy with rain areas
for the South West Land Division and the adjacent Eucla. Possible moderate to
heavy falls and squally winds for western parts.

Forecast for Monday 8 February
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, far eastern Pilbara, eastern
Goldfields, and the Interior, with showers also possible over remaining parts
of the Pilbara, Gascoyne and Goldfields. Windy with rain areas for southwestern
parts of the South West Land Division, with possible moderate to heavy falls.
Showers and patchy rain over the remainder of the South West Land Division and
western Eucla.

Forecast for Tuesday 9 February
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, far eastern Pilbara, Interior,
Eucla and the eastern Goldfields. Showers over areas southwest of Lancelin to
Bremer Bay.

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

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