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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Saturday 21 December 2024
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 24 December 2024.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough extends from the inland Kimberley to near the Pilbara coast.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge is strengthening south of the State with a trough deepening near the
west coast. The trough will begin to move inland during Monday.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday 21 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the northern Kimberley. Chance of an
afternoon thunderstorm with little to no rainfall over the western Pilbara,
west and southern Gascoyne, inland Central West, northern parts of the Central
Wheat Belt and adjacent west Goldfields. Windy over the Pilbara, Gascoyne,
Interior and Eucla. Very hot over the inland Central West, Central Wheat Belt,
northern Lower West, northern Goldfields, Gascoyne, Pilbara, Kimberley and
northern Interior.

Forecast for Sunday 22 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the northern and eastern Kimberley. Very
hot over the Central West, Central Wheat Belt, Lower West, northern Goldfields,
Gascoyne, Pilbara, Kimberley and northern Interior.

Forecast for Monday 23 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley. Chance of an afternoon
thunderstorm with little to no rainfall over the inland Central West, northeast
Lower West and far northwest Great Southern districts. Very hot over most parts
of the South West Land Division, northern Goldfields, Gascoyne, Pilbara,
Kimberley and northern Interior.

Forecast for Tuesday 24 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, far eastern Pilbara, and
Northern Interior. Chance of an afternoon showers over remaining areas over the
Pilbara . Cooler conditions expected across the southwest of the State, however
remaining very hot elsewhere.

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

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