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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Wednesday 3 January 2024
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 6 January 2024.

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

Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad trough will persist over inland Kimberley and Pilbara this week.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A strengthening high pressure ridge lies to the south of the state. A deep
surface trough extends through the Interior and will be pushed further north by
the high pressure ridge. Another trough will develop down the west coast over
the next couple of days and will deepen later in the week.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 3 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley and eastern Interior. Chance
of thunderstorms with little or no rainfall over the southwest Kimberley,
eastern Pilbara, western Interior, far eastern Goldfields and east Eucla.
Showers or drizzle over southern coastal districts east of Windy Harbour, Great
Southern, south and east Goldfields, and western Eucla. Very hot over the
southern Kimberley and northern Pilbara. Windy across central and southern
parts of the state.

Forecast for Thursday 4 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the central and east Kimberley, and
eastern Interior. Chance of thunderstorms with little or no rainfall over the
west Kimberley, western Interior, northeast Gascoyne and east Eucla. Showers or
drizzle over southern coastal districts east of Walpole, southern Great
Southern, Goldfields, western parts of South Interior and Eucla. Very hot over
the southern Kimberley. Windy across central and southwestern parts of the
state.

Forecast for Friday 5 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, and eastern Interior. Chance of
thunderstorms with little or no rainfall over eastern Pilbara, inland Gascoyne,
northern Goldfields and eastern Eucla. Showers or drizzle over southern coastal
districts east of Walpole, adjacent southeast Great Southern, Goldfields and
western Eucla. Very hot over the southern Kimberley and adjacent Pilbara. Windy
across central parts of the state in the morning.

Forecast for Saturday 6 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, eastern Interior and far eastern
Eucla. Showers or drizzle over southern coastal districts east of Albany,
southern Goldfields and Eucla.

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

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