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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Tuesday 8 December 2020
for the period until midnight WST Friday 11 December 2020.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough over the inland Kimberley extends through the North Interior and to
the Pilbara. A tropical low off the western Kimberley coast will move slowly
towards the southeast during today and Wednesday. Although this low is unlikely
to develop into a tropical cyclone, shower and thunderstorm activity is likely
to increase over the western Kimberley and northeast Pilbara as the low moves
closer to the coast. A second tropical low located east of Christmas Island is
forecast to move southeast towards the Pilbara coast over the next few days.
This low is also unlikely to develop into a tropical cyclone, however it is
forecast to increase shower and thunderstorm activity through the Pilbara
region on Thursday and Friday as it approaches and crosses the Pilbara coast.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge of high pressure lies to the south of the State. A surface trough is
will deepen near the west coast today and remain near stationary for the next
few days.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday 8 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, North Interior, Gascoyne
and northwestern parts of the South West Land Division. Heavy falls and squally
winds possible over the western Kimberley.

Forecast for Wednesday 9 December
Showers and thunderstorms throughout, apart from the Eucla, central and eastern
Goldfields and the far southern Interior. Squally winds and moderate to heavy
falls possible over the west Kimberley, northwest Interior and eastern Pilbara.

Forecast for Thursday 10 December
Showers and thunderstorms throughout, apart from the Eucla and the Gascoyne
coast. Squally winds and moderate to heavy falls possible for the western
Kimberley, central and eastern Pilbara, and central and western parts of the
Interior.

Forecast for Friday 11 December
Showers and thunderstorms throughout, apart from the western Gascoyne and far
western Pilbara. Squally winds and moderate to heavy falls possible for the
southwestern Kimberley, central and eastern Pilbara, far northeast Gascoyne and
western parts of the Interior.

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

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