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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Saturday 28 January 2023
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 31 January 2023.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad area of low pressure persists across the Pilbara, North Interior and
Kimberley. A weak tropical low off the west Kimberley coast has dissipated.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A trough extends from the Pilbara down into southern parts of South Australia,
contracted eastward over the weekend. A firm ridge of high pressure is
extending over the southern parts of the state in the wake of the trough. The
west coast trough will develop again from Sunday.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday 28 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, eastern Eucla.
Interior, northeast Gascoyne and far northern Goldfields. Rain with heavy falls
possible over the eastern parts of the South Interior.

Forecast for Sunday 29 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, eastern and central
Pilbara, northern parts of the Interior, Gascoyne, Central West, northwest
Central Wheat Belt and northwest Goldfields. Windy across the Gascoyne, Central
West and Lower West. Very hot through Central West and northwest Central Wheat
Belt.

Forecast for Monday 30 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern parts of
the Interior, Gascoyne, northern and central parts of the South West Land
Division. Very hot over northern parts of Central West.

Forecast for Tuesday 31 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern parts of
the Interior, Gascoyne, northern and central parts of the South West Land
Division. Showers about the south coastal districts west of Israelite Bay. Very
hot over northern parts of Central West and northern parts of Central Wheat
Belt.

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

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