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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 1:30 pm WST on Tuesday 13 October 2026
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 17 October 2026.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad trough stretching across the Pilbara to the Interior extends to the
Gascoyne coast today before sweeping eastward during Wednesday and Thursday,
becoming stagnant over the Interior into the weekend.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge extends over southern and central WA, and slowly moves east as a trough
over the Pilbara extends over the Gascoyne and Midwest coasts. The trough will
move east from late Wednesday ahead of a cold front moving over southern parts
of the State on Thursday, weakening as it moves east. Another cold front
approaches the southwest on late Friday.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday 13 October
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the eastern and southern Interior, far
eastern Kimberley, southeast Gascoyne, and northern Goldfields. Windy over
central and southeastern parts of the state.

Forecast for Wednesday 14 October
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the east Interior and the northern and
eastern Kimberley. Showers developing in the South West and Lower West
districts from the afternoon, reaching southwest of a line from Geraldton to
Hyden to Bremer Bay in the late evening. Thunderstorms possible in the evening
about the South West Capes. Windy across much of the state, including about the
Darling Escarpment in the morning.

Forecast for Thursday 15 October
Showers and possible thunderstorms across much of the South West Land Division
and southern and central Goldfields, clearing from west to east during the late
morning and afternoon. Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Eucla, southern
and eastern Interior, and northern and eastern Kimberley. Windy morning over
eastern parts of the state.

Forecast for Friday 16 October
Showers and thunderstorms over the northern, eastern, and central Kimberley and
the eastern Interior. Slight chance of a shower west of a line from Bunbury to
Walpole. Possible morning fog over the South East Coastal, Eucla, and adjacent
far southern Goldfields districts.

Forecast for Saturday 17 October
Showers and possible thunderstorms over northern, eastern, and central parts of
the Kimberley, much of the Interior and Goldfields, Eucla, and the eastern
South West Land Division, mostly in the afternoon though continuing into the
evening in southeastern WA. Chance of showers southwest of a line from Jurien
Bay to Bremer Bay, tending more likely in the South West district.

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

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