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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Friday 4 August 2023
for the period until midnight WST Monday 7 August 2023.

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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough extending from the Pilbara to the east of the State will continue to
decay and move eastwards east, contracting out of the State later today. A new
high pressure ridge will strengthen quickly eastward in the wake of this front,
bringing a return to the familiar southeasterly wind regime over the Pilbara on
Friday today. The ridge will weaken over the western Pilbara on Sunday as a
trough develops over the area.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge of high pressure is building quickly from west to east in the wake of
yesterday’s cold front, with a high pressure centre moving along the south
coast today. A surface trough will form down the west coast over the weekend.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 4 August
Showers over the far northeast Gascoyne and northern and eastern parts of the
South Interior, contracting east and clearing during the day. Light showers
possible about southern coastal parts. Cold in the morning with areas of frost
and fog through the inland South West Land Division, southern Goldfields, and
southern Gascoyne. Windy over northern and central parts.

Forecast for Saturday 5 August
Areas of frost over the inland South West Land Division, adjacent southeast
Gascoyne, Goldfields, inland Eucla and southern South Interior. Chance of light
showers over the southwest Capes. Windy over northern and central parts, mostly
in the morning.

Forecast for Sunday 6 August
Areas of frost over the inland South West Land Division, southern Goldfields,
inland Eucla and southern South Interior. Windy over northern parts, mostly in
the morning.

Forecast for Monday 7 August
Showers developing southwest of a line from Lancelin to Israelite Bay during
the afternoon and evening. Chance of thunderstorms over the South East Coastal
district.

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

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