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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Monday 28 February 2022
for the period until midnight WST Thursday 3 March 2022.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Anika over the northern Kimberley is likely to redevelop as
it moves off the west Kimberley coast either later Monday or Tuesday and
intensify further. A severe tropical cyclone impact to the east Pilbara or west
Kimberley coast is forecast on Wednesday or Thursday. Meanwhile, a trough
extends from the Pilbara to the North Interior.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A trough extending from the eastern Gascoyne to the Goldfields is weakening. A
new trough is developing near the west coast and will deepen on Monday before
moving east on Tuesday as a new high approaches the southwest coast.

Forecast for the rest of Monday 28 February
Windy, rain with heavy falls possible over the northwest Kimberley with showers
and gusty thunderstorms elsewhere in the Kimberley. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms over central and eastern Pilbara, far northeast Gascoyne, eastern
Goldfields and parts of the Interior. Chance of a shower about the south coast
and adjacent inland.

Forecast for Tuesday 1 March
Windy, rain with heavy falls possible over the west Kimberley with showers and
gusty thunderstorms elsewhere in the Kimberley. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms over the Interior, northern Pilbara, far northeast Gascoyne and
eastern Goldfields. Showers over the southwestern parts of the State closer to
the coast, chance of a thunderstorm over the South Coastal and Southeast
Coastal Districts.

Forecast for Wednesday 2 March
Very windy, rain with heavy falls possible over the western Kimberley and
northern parts of the Pilbara. Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the eastern
Kimberley, central Pilbara, Interior, far northeast Gascoyne, eastern
Goldfields and Eucla. Showers over the southwestern parts of the State.

Forecast for Thursday 3 March
Very windy, rain with heavy falls possible over southwest Kimberley, western
parts of the Interior, central and eastern parts of the Pilbara. Showers and
gusty thunderstorms elsewhere over the Kimberley and Interior, western Pilbara,
far northeast Gascoyne, eastern Goldfields and Eucla. Showers over the southern
parts of the State.

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

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