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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:30 pm WST on Monday 6 January 2020
for the period until midnight WST Friday 10 January 2020.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
The monsoon trough extends over the northern Kimberley with Tropical Cyclone Blake located off the west Kimberley coast. The system will continue to develop as it moves southwest parallel to the west Kimberley coast towards the eastern Pilbara coast, before making landfall on late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The system will continue weaken as it moves inland towards the southeast on Thursday as the monsoon trough weakens over the Kimberley. By Friday a large area of low pressure persists over the north of the State. A Tropical Cyclone Watch and Warning are current. Please refer to
http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/index.shtml for more details.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A trough lies inland of the west coast and will move east into central and eastern parts of the South West Land Division on Tuesday, remaining stationary on Wednesday before moving east on Thursday and Friday. A ridge of high pressure builds along the south coast in the wake of the trough on Thursday before a trough develops down the west coast on Friday as a high pressure ridge strengths to the south of the State.

Forecast for the rest of Monday 6 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, eastern Pilbara, and the North Interior. Rain, heavy falls and squally thunderstorms possible about the northwest Kimberley and adjacent east Pilbara coast.

Forecast for Tuesday 7 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northeast Gascoyne and the Interior. Rain, heavy falls squally thunderstorms possible about the west Kimberley coast and the eastern Pilbara.

Forecast for Wednesday 8 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Interior, Eucla and Goldfields as well as northern and eastern parts of the South West Land Division. Rain and moderate to heavy falls possible over the Pilbara and northeast Gascoyne.

Forecast for Thursday 9 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, eastern Gascoyne, Interior, Eucla and Goldfields as well as northern and eastern parts of the South West Land Division. Rain and moderate to heavy falls possible over the northeast Gascoyne, Goldfields, west South Interior and Eucla.

Forecast for Friday 10 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, eastern Gascoyne, Interior, Eucla and northeast Goldfields. Rain and moderate to heavy falls possible over the South Interior.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Tuesday.

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