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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Tuesday 6 December 2022
for the period until midnight WST Friday 9 December 2022.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough extending from inland Kimberley into northeastern Gascoyne is expected
to be slow moving until later in the week.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A high pressure ridge will lie to the south of the state throughout the
forecast period. A trough over central parts of the state extends northeast
into the Interior. The trough will extend a branch towards the west coast early
in the week and a low is expected to form within the trough on Wednesday and
move south. The trough and low pressure will move inland on Thursday as a new
ridge arrives on the west coast from the Indian Ocean.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday 6 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Interior with little to no rainfall
expected. Showers and possible thunderstorms over far southeast Goldfields and
southern Eucla. Light showers about southern coastal districts of the South
West Land Division. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms over northern Kimberley.
Very hot over northern parts of the State.

Forecast for Wednesday 7 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Interior, western Goldfields, eastern
Gascoyne, southeast Pilbara and northern parts of the South West Land Division,
mostly in the afternoon and evening, with little to no rainfall expected.
Showers and thunderstorms about southern parts of the South West Land Division.
Light showers about the Eucla coast. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms over the
northern Kimberley. Very hot over northern parts of the State.

Forecast for Thursday 8 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the South West Land Division, far
southeast Gascoyne, Goldfields, Eucla, Interior and eastern Kimberley. Little
to no rainfall expected with thunderstorms over North Interior, eastern
Kimberley and northern parts of the South West Land Division. Very hot over
northern parts of the State.

Forecast for Friday 9 December
Showers over southwestern parts of the South West Land Division. Showers and
gusty thunderstorms over the eastern Interior, eastern Eucla and northeast
Kimberley with little to no rainfall expected. Very hot over northern parts of
the State.

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

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