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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 1:30 pm WST on Sunday 1 March 2026
for the period until midnight WST Thursday 5 March 2026.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A southeasterly surge through the Interior will shift a broad trough of low
pressure northwards, into the Kimberley, from Monday. A tropical low may
develop over the western Kimberley or waters just off the Kimberley coast early
to mid next week.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge of high pressure extends over southern and central parts of the State.
A west coast trough will redevelop from Monday.

Forecast for the rest of Sunday 1 March
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley. Chance of a shower or gusty
thunderstorm over the northeastern Pilbara and north and east North Interior.
Possible shower over the eastern Eucla coast in the afternoon. Very hot over
the west and central Pilbara and northern Gascoyne. Cool over southern parts of
the South West Land Division and southern Goldfields. Windy along the west
coast and about the southeast of the State.

Forecast for Monday 2 March
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley and north and east North Interior.
Localised heavy falls possible over the eastern and northern Kimberley. Chance
of a shower or gusty thunderstorm over the far northeastern Pilbara. Possible
morning fog southwest of Busselton to Albany, Very hot across the Pilbara,
western Gascoyne, and far north Central West district. Windy over the Pilbara,
Gascoyne and Interior, mainly in the morning.

Forecast for Tuesday 3 March
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, northeastern Pilbara and North
Interior. Localised heavy falls possible in northern parts of the Kimberley.
Possible morning fog about the south coastal districts. Very hot across the
western Pilbara, western Gascoyne and inland Central West district. Windy over
the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Interior and southern Kimberley, mainly in the morning.

Forecast for Wednesday 4 March
Showers and thunderstorms over Kimberley, central and eastern Pilbara, North
Interior and far northern parts of the South Interior. Very hot across the
western Pilbara, western Gascoyne, and inland Central West and inland northern
Lower West districts. Windy over the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Interior and southern
Kimberley, mainly in the morning.

Forecast for Thursday 5 March
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, inland northern
Gascoyne, North Interior and far northern South Interior. Very hot across the
western Pilbara, western Gascoyne, and inland Central West and inland northern
Lower West districts. Windy over the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Interior and southwest
Kimberley.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 1:45 am WST Monday.

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