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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Wednesday 4 December 2024
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 7 December 2024.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A high pressure ridge pushing in from the west is bringing fresh southwesterly
winds to the western Pilbara. Elsewhere a trough extends from the inland
central Pilbara into the Interior. A tropical low may be located over offshore
waters to the north of the Kimberley over the weekend.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge lies over southern parts of the State before a weak cold front moves
through the far southwest on Wednesday. Another ridge develops south of the
State later Wednesday and it will remain there for the week.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 4 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, and northern and eastern
parts of the Interior. Possible heavy falls with thunderstorms over the
northern Kimberley. Possible showers southwest of a line from Jurien Bay to
Hopetoun, with a possible shower about the coastal fringe between Jurien Bay
and Geraldton for a period in the early morning. Hotter and windy at times over
southeastern parts.

Forecast for Thursday 5 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, northern and eastern parts
of the Interior and far east Eucla. Possible heavy falls with thunderstorms
over the northern Kimberley. Possible shower over southern coastal districts.
Windy over southeastern parts.

Forecast for Friday 6 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Interior, eastern Pilbara and
eastern Eucla. Possible heavy falls with thunderstorms over the northern
Kimberley. Possible shower over southeastern coastal districts.

Forecast for Saturday 7 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Interior, eastern Pilbara, inland
Eucla and far eastern Goldfields. Possible heavy falls with thunderstorms over
the northern Kimberley. Windy over southeastern and central parts.

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

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