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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 1:30 pm WST on Friday 23 October 2026
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 27 October 2026.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough lays over the eastern Pilbara and Interior, and will gradually be
pushed northeast as a ridge extends over southern WA. A southeasterly surge
will move over the Pilbara on Sunday. The ridge will weaken from Monday,
allowing the trough to move back further inland over the Pilbara and Interior.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A high pressure ridge builds across southern WA and will push a trough over the
Interior towards the northeast. A series of weak fronts are expected to brush
the south coast over the next few days.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 23 October
Showers and possible thunderstorms over the north and east Kimberley and South
Interior. Showers over western and southern parts of the South West Land
Division, far southern Goldfields and western Eucla, contracting to south
coastal districts in the evening. Windy over the Gascoyne, Pilbara and Eucla in
the afternoon.

Forecast for Saturday 24 October
Showers and possible thunderstorms over the north and east Kimberley, Interior
and eastern Eucla. Showers over western and southern parts of the South West
Land Division, contracting to south coastal districts in the evening. Possible
hail along the south coast between Cape Leeuwin and Israelite Bay with the
chance of a thunderstorm about coastal parts east of Windy Harbour. Chance of
morning frost through the Great Southern and southern central Wheat Belt. Windy
at times over the Gascoyne, Pilbara, Interior and Eucla.

Forecast for Sunday 25 October
Showers and possible thunderstorms over eastern parts of the South Interior.
Showers near the north Kimberley coast and over southern parts of the South
West Land Division and the Eucla coast. Chance of morning frost through the
Great Southern and southern central Wheat Belt. Windy over the Gascoyne,
Pilbara and Interior during the morning.

Forecast for Monday 26 October
Possible showers over southern parts of the South West Land Division and near
the north Kimberley coast. Chance of showers and thunderstorms over the South
Interior and eastern parts of the North Interior. Windy at times over the
Gascoyne, Pilbara and the Interior.

Forecast for Tuesday 27 October
Showers and possible thunderstorms over the north and east Kimberley, Interior,
Eucla, Goldfields, southeast Gascoyne and northern parts of the South West Land
Division. Chance of a shower along the south coast east of Bremer Bay. Windy at
times over the Gascoyne, Pilbara and the Interior.

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

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