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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Thursday 8 April 2021
for the period until midnight WST Sunday 11 April 2021.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad trough lies inland from the west Pilbara coast and extends to the
central Gascoyne and will contract northeast during Thursday. Tropical Cyclone
Seroja lies well north of the Pilbara coast and will continue moving southwest
for the next few days and is forecast to lie northwest of WA on Saturday. For
more details see http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A broad trough that extends through the Gascoyne to the northern Goldfields
will continue to contract northeast on Thursday. A new ridge is developing to
the south of the State with a high moving south of the Bight on Sunday. The
Geraldton coast and western Gascoyne may be affected by the passage of Tropical
Cyclone Seroja during Sunday and Monday.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday 8 April
Showers over southern and central districts of the South West Land Division,
southern Goldfields and the southwest Eucla with a chance of a thunderstorm
near the south coast.

Forecast for Friday 9 April
Showers and thunderstorms over the north and west Kimberley, north and west
Pilbara and the northwest Gascoyne. Showers over southern and eastern parts of
the South West Land Division, southern Goldfields, and the Eucla.

Forecast for Saturday 10 April
Showers and thunderstorms over the north and west Kimberley, Pilbara and the
northwest Gascoyne. Showers over remaining parts of the Gascoyne, northern
Central West District, eastern Goldfields, Eucla and the remaining south coast
east of Albany.

Forecast for Sunday 11 April
Rain areas developing southwest of a line Geraldton to Hopetoun. Showers and
thunderstorms with possible damaging winds developing over the west Gascoyne
coast and Geraldton coast. Showers and thunderstorms over the central and
western Pilbara.

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

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