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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Wednesday 9 November 2022
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 12 November 2022.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough will remain over the eastern Kimberley for most of the week. Another
trough will continue to develop across the Pilbara and extend into the interior
of the State during the week. A strong high pressure ridge developing over
southern parts of the state over the weekend will push the trough north to be
near the Pilbara coast.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A low pressure system offshore of the Eucla district will continue to move
southeast away from the State. An associated trough over the South West Land
Division will slowly contract east with the low pressure system today. A weak
high pressure ridge will lie over the south coast on Wednesday ahead of a cold
front that will move over the southwest of the State on Thursday. A strong high
pressure ridge will develop over southern parts in the wake of the cold front
over the weekend.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 9 November
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the northern and eastern Kimberley and
northeast Interior. Light showers over western and southern districts of the
South West Land Division. Possible showers or thunderstorms over eastern parts
of the Central Wheat Belt, southeast Gascoyne and adjacent Goldfields. Very hot
over eastern and southern Kimberley and North Interior. Chance of morning fog
over southern parts of the South West Land Division.

Forecast for Thursday 10 November
Showers and chance of a gusty thunderstorm over northern and eastern Kimberley.
Showers over southern and western parts of the South West Land Division.
Showers and the chance of a thunderstorm over the South East Coastal district,
southern Goldfields, and west Eucla. Chance of morning fog over southern
districts of the South West Land Division. Very hot over parts of the Kimberley
and North Interior.

Forecast for Friday 11 November
Showers and chance of a gusty thunderstorm over northern and eastern Kimberley,
and far eastern North Interior. Showers over the southern half of the South
West Land Division, and along the west coast. Showers also over the southern
Goldfields and Eucla. Thunderstorms possible over southern parts of the Eucla.
Very hot over parts of the Kimberley, and north and east Interior. Cooler over
the South West Land Division.

Forecast for Saturday 12 November
Showers and chance of a gusty thunderstorm over northern and eastern Kimberley,
and far eastern North Interior. Showers over southern districts of the South
West Land Division, southern Goldfields and Eucla.

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

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