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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Wednesday 13 December 2023
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 16 December 2023.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad trough lies over the inland Kimberley and Pilbara for the remainder of
the week.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A trough lies just inland from the west coast and weakens as it moves east
during today. A new high pressure ridge will begin to develop off the southwest
of the State in the wake of the trough and extend east later in the week. A low
pressure system offshore from the far eastern Eucla is slowly moving east, away
from the State.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 13 December
Isolated shower or thunderstorm over the north and east Kimberley. Chance of a
shower about the coast between Windy Harbour and Albany and also along the
Eucla coast. Very hot over the Kimberley.

Forecast for Thursday 14 December
Isolated shower or thunderstorm over the north and eastern Kimberley. Chance of
a light shower about the coast between Bremer Bay and Israelite Bay. Very hot
over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern Goldfields, Interior, Gascoyne and inland
northern parts of the Central West.

Forecast for Friday 15 December
Isolated shower or thunderstorm over the north and eastern Kimberley. Very hot
over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern Goldfields, Interior, Gascoyne and and
inland northern parts of the Central West and Wheat Belt.

Forecast for Saturday 16 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the north and eastern Kimberley and the
northeast North Interior. Chance of showers over most of the South West Land
Division. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms over the Central Wheat Belt,
southeast Central West, northeast Lower West far north Great Southern and far
southwest Goldfields. Very hot over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Goldfields,
Interior, Gascoyne and and inland parts of the Central West and Wheat Belt.

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

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