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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Friday 3 February 2023
for the period until midnight WST Monday 6 February 2023.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad area of low pressure persists across the Pilbara and Kimberley. A dry
southeasterly wind change is pushing a trough across southern Kimberley
northwards, with the trough expected to become slow moving near the north coast
until next week.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A firm ridge of high pressure is extending across the southern half of the
state for the remainder of the week. A trough has become slow moving over the
far northern parts of the South West Land Division and over the Gascoyne. The
trough is expected to extend down the west coast over the weekend as the ridge
starts to weaken.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 3 February
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the northern and western Kimberley,
Pilbara, and western Gascoyne. Chance of a light shower about the south coast
east of Esperance. Windy morning over the Gascoyne, Lower West and adjacent
districts. Very hot over the western Gascoyne, Central West and inland parts of
Lower West.

Forecast for Saturday 4 February
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the northern and western Kimberley,
central and western Pilbara, western and central Gascoyne and northern parts of
Central West district. Chance of a light shower about the Eucla coast. Windy
morning over western Gascoyne, Lower West and adjacent districts. Very hot over
the Central West, Lower West, western parts of Central Wheat Belt and South
West districts.

Forecast for Sunday 5 February
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the northern and western Kimberley,
Pilbara, and northern Gascoyne. Very hot over inland parts of South West Land
Division.

Forecast for Monday 6 February
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Pilbara. Showers over northwestern
parts of the Kimberley Chance of a light shower about the Albany coast.

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

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