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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:49 am WST on Friday 5 August 2022
for the period until midnight WST Monday 8 August 2022.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A weak ridge over central parts of the State will drift southwards later today
but maintain southeasterly winds south of a weak trough near the north
Kimberley coast.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge over central parts of the State will drift southwards later today. A
weaker cold front reaches the far southwest corner of the State late Saturday
and moves through the South West Land Division on Sunday. A moderate cold front
will arrive in the southwest on Monday.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 5 August
Showers near the west coast and far southern parts of the Southwest Land
Division and southern Eucla district. Morning fog and frost possible over the
eastern Central West, Lower West, southern Gascoyne, Central Wheat Belt,
northern Great Southern and adjacent Goldfields. Morning fog over northwest
Kimberley.

Forecast for Saturday 6 August
Showers west of Geraldton to Lake Grace to Albany and along the remaining south
coastal parts of the State. Chance of thunderstorms over the far southwest of
the State. Morning frost possible over eastern parts of Central Wheat Belt,
southeast Gascoyne, Goldfields, northeast Great Southern and South Interior.
Morning fog over inland parts of the South West Land Division.

Forecast for Sunday 7 August
Showers over the South West Land Division and southwestern parts of the
Goldfields. Morning frost possible over the far northeast Central Wheat Belt,
far northern Southeast Coastal district, southeast Gascoyne, Goldfields, South
Interior and northern Eucla.

Forecast for Monday 8 August
Showers over the South West Land Division, southwest Goldfields and far
southern Gascoyne. Chance of thunderstorms with possible hail over the far
southwest of the State. Morning fogs over the southern Gascoyne, western
Goldfields and far northeast Central Wheat Belt. Possible morning frost over
parts of the Goldfields, adjacent parts of the Gascoyne, South Interior, Great
Southern and South East Coastal.

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

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