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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Tuesday 21 March 2023
for the period until midnight WST Friday 24 March 2023.

Warning Information
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210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts.

Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A weak, slow moving trough lies over inland Kimberley and Pilbara.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge of high pressure extends across the Southern Ocean south of the
continent while a trough extending from the northern interior deepens near the
west coast. The trough will move slowly inland from the west coast later
Tuesday and Wednesday before branching back towards the west coast later in the
week.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday 21 March
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the north and west Kimberley, Pilbara,
Gascoyne, south and west Goldfields, west Eucla and eastern parts of the South
West Land Division. Very hot over the inland southwest Kimberley, North
Interior, Pilbara, Gascoyne, inland Central West and north and east Central
Wheat Belt. Morning fog patches in the Central West District.

Forecast for Wednesday 22 March
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the north Kimberley, central and west
Pilbara, Gascoyne, Goldfields, west Eucla and eastern parts of the South West
Land Division, mostly afternoon and evening. Very hot over the inland southwest
Kimberley, Interior, Pilbara, Gascoyne and northeastern Central Wheat Belt.
Possible morning fog in the Central West District.

Forecast for Thursday 23 March
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, far northeast Pilbara,
inland Gascoyne, Goldfields, and northeastern parts of the South West Land
Division, mostly afternoon and evening. Showers over southern coastal
districts. Possible morning fog in the Central West District.

Forecast for Friday 24 March
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, inland Gascoyne,
Goldfields, west Eucla and northeastern parts of the South West Land Division,
mostly afternoon and evening. Showers over southern coastal districts. Possible
morning fog in the Central West and adjacent northern Lower West Districts.

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

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