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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Sunday 17 April 2022
for the period until midnight WST Wednesday 20 April 2022.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A weak trough extends near the coast from the Kimberley to the Pilbara. It will
push offshore from the Pilbara and far west Kimberley coasts for a period in
the mornings from Monday.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A weak cold front over the Eucla and contracts into South Australia during
Sunday. A new ridge of high pressure will develop over the south of the State
during Sunday with another weak front to brush the southwest coast on Tuesday.
A cloud band will develop across the central parts of the State from Sunday and
will persist until the middle of next week.

Forecast for the rest of Sunday 17 April
Showers and thunderstorms over the north and west Kimberley. Showers and areas
of rain developing over the Gascoyne, far northern parts of Central West,
western parts of the South Interior and northern parts of the Goldfields.
Showers south and southeast of a line Busselton to Kalgoorlie. Chance of
morning fog over eastern Eucla District.

Forecast for Monday 18 April
Showers and thunderstorms over the north and west Kimberley. Showers over the
far southern parts of the Pilbara, northern Gascoyne, southern parts of the
South Interior, northern and eastern parts of the Goldfields and eastern Eucla.
Showers tending to rain over the northern Gascoyne. Light showers on the
southwest coast and eastern Eucla.

Forecast for Tuesday 19 April
Showers and thunderstorms over the northern and western Kimberley, southern
parts of the Pilbara. Rain over the northern Gascoyne. Showers over western
parts of the South Interior, northern parts of the Goldfields. Showers about
the south coast to the west of Israelite Bay.

Forecast for Wednesday 20 April
Showers and thunderstorms over the northern Kimberley. Showers over the
northeast Gascoyne, northern Goldfields, Southern Interior and far southern
coastal districts of the State.

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

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