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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Friday 20 January 2023
for the period until midnight WST Monday 23 January 2023.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough extends from the inland Pilbara and into the North Interior.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A firm ridge of high pressure extends across the southern parts of the State
for the remainder of the week. A trough deepening down the west coast will
become slow moving until next week.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 20 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern parts of
the Interior, north and west Gascoyne, Central West and northern parts of the
Lower West district. Heavy falls possible with storms over the North Interior
and inland Pilbara.

Forecast for Saturday 21 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern parts of
the Interior, north and west Gascoyne, and most of the western parts of the
South West Land Division.

Forecast for Sunday 22 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern parts of
the Interior, north and west Gascoyne, and western parts of the South West Land
Division, inland from the west coast.

Forecast for Monday 23 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern Interior,
inland Gascoyne and far northwest Goldfields.

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

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