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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Tuesday 11 April 2023
for the period until midnight WST Friday 14 April 2023.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad trough lies over the Kimberley and Pilbara and will be pushed towards
the Pilbara coast as a high pressure ridge strengthens over the central west
coast over the next couple of days. A tropical low is moving west-southwest
offshore from the north Kimberley coast and is forecast to gradually intensify,
likely reaching cyclone intensity later Tuesday. The system is expected to
intensify further over the following days as it moves along a general track
parallel to the Kimberley coast. There is a significant risk that this system
will become a severe tropical cyclone on Wednesday and cross the coast between
Broome and Port Hedland later Thursday or early Friday.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A cold front is moving over eastern and southern parts of the State and further
into the Bight. A high pressure ridge will strengthen over the central west
coast on Tuesday with a weak cold front brushing the southwest corner. Another
cold front is forecast to move over the southwest of the State on Thursday.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday 11 April
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley tending to squally
thunderstorms with possible heavy falls and strong winds about the northwest
Kimberley coast, depending on the movement and development of Tropical Low 23U.
Showers and thunderstorms over the northeast Pilbara, Interior and east Eucla.
Showers southwest of a line Perth to Katanning to Israelite Bay, contracting to
southwest of a line Perth to Katanning to Albany during the afternoon.

Forecast for Wednesday 12 April
Showers, rain and squally thunderstorms over the northwest coastal Kimberley
with heavy rainfall and strong winds possible, depending on the movement and
development of Tropical Low 23U. Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the
remaining Kimberley, remaining central and east Pilbara, northeast Gascoyne and
northern parts of the Interior. Showers southwest of a line Perth to Katanning
to Albany.

Forecast for Thursday 13 April
Showers, rain and squally thunderstorms over the west Kimberley and east
Pilbara with heavy rainfall and damaging to destructive winds possible,
depending on the movement and development of Tropical Low 23U. Showers and
gusty thunderstorms over the remaining Kimberley, remaining central and east
Pilbara, east Gascoyne, Goldfields, Interior, Eucla and the far east South West
Land Division. Showers southwest of a line Perth to Albany, extending to
southwest of a line Kalbarri to Hyden to Balladonia by late evening. Possible
thunderstorms about the South West Capes.

Forecast for Friday 14 April
Showers, rain and squally thunderstorms over the west Kimberley, east Pilbara
and northern parts of the Interior with heavy rainfall and damaging to
destructive winds possible, depending on the movement and development of
Tropical Low 23U. Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the remaining Kimberley,
northeast Gascoyne, Interior, far eastern Goldfields and Eucla. Cold with
showers over the South West Land Division.

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

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