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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 2:23 am WST on Saturday 15 October 2022
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 18 October 2022.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough extends from the inland Kimberley, through the Pilbara and down into
the west Gascoyne. The trough will deepen and move east over the Gascoyne on
Sunday as a ridge develops over the west Pilbara.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A high pressure ridge extends over southern parts of the state. A trough
extends from the Gascoyne and into the Goldfields which will deepen on Sunday
and move east while a weak cold front brushes the far southwest corner during
the afternoon and evening. The trough will move over the South Interior and
Eucla on Monday and a new ridge develops over southern parts of the State in
its wake.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 14 October
Possible showers southwest of Busselton to Bremer Bay.

Forecast for Saturday 15 October
Showers and thunderstorms over the northern and eastern Kimberley, and the
eastern North Interior. Showers along the western south coast between Cape
Leeuwin and Bremer Bay. Possible light morning frost over far northern parts of
the Great Southern, adjacent Central Wheat Belt and southwest Goldfields.

Forecast for Sunday 16 October
Showers and thunderstorms over the northern and eastern Kimberley, and the
eastern North Interior. Showers over far southern parts of the South West Land
Division and along the coast south of Lancelin. Chance of thunderstorms over
southeast parts of the South West Land Division and the far southern Goldfields.

Forecast for Monday 17 October
Showers and thunderstorms over the northern and eastern Kimberley, eastern
North Interior, east and south of the South Interior, Eucla and adjacent
Goldfields. Showers over the far south of the South West Land Division and west
coast south of Lancelin, clearing from the west during the morning.

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

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