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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Tuesday 9 January 2024
for the period until midnight WST Friday 12 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 the inland Kimberley and Pilbara.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A high pressure system in the Bight extends a ridge over southeastern parts of
the state with a deep trough extending inland from the west coast. The trough
will continue to slowly move inland as a new high pressure ridge develops from
the west. Another trough will develop over western parts on Thursday.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday 9 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley and northeast North Interior.
Chance of thunderstorms, with little or no rainfall, over the remaining North
Interior, eastern Pilbara and far northeast Gascoyne, and over far eastern
parts of the South West Land Division, southern Goldfields and far west Eucla.
Isolated showers or drizzle about southern coastal districts west of Esperance.
Very hot over the southwest Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, northern Interior,
and northern Goldfields. Windy over southwestern parts.

Forecast for Wednesday 10 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, central and northern Interior,
and eastern Pilbara. Possible thunderstorms, with little or no rainfall, over
the inland Gascoyne, northern and eastern parts of the South West Land
Division, and Goldfields. Showers or drizzle about the Esperance coast. Very
hot over the southwest Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Interior, inland northern
parts of the South West Land Division, and northern and central Goldfields.

Forecast for Thursday 11 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Interior, Pilbara, inland
Gascoyne, most parts of the South West Land Division, Goldfields and far west
Eucla. Very hot over the southern Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, inland northern
parts of the South West Land Division, and northern and eastern Goldfields.

Forecast for Friday 12 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, western Interior, central and
eastern Pilbara, inland Gascoyne, most parts of the South West Land Division,
Goldfields and far west Eucla. Very hot over the northern and eastern parts of
the State.

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

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