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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Friday 15 March 2024
for the period until midnight WST Monday 18 March 2024.

Warning Information
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210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts.

Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad low pressure trough will persist over the north of the State. A
tropical low well offshore to the northwest of the state is moving closer.
There is a high chance this tropical low will intensify into a tropical cyclone
on the weekend and may impact the Pilbara coast later in the weekend or early
next week.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A low pressure trough over the Interior continues to shift east slowly, as a
high pressure ridge south of the state also starts to move east. A deepening
trough down the west coast will push offshore on Friday before moving inland on
the weekend. A weak cold front will brush past the south coast on Sunday and
will be followed by a new high pressure ridge.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 15 March
Showers and thunderstorms over the north and west Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne,
and far northern parts of the South West Land Division. Chance of heavy falls
through the Central West. Possible showers over the remaining southern and
eastern parts of the South West Land Division, Goldfields, Eucla and far
western parts of the Interior. Windy at times over the western Pilbara and
Darling Scarp.

Forecast for Saturday 16 March
Showers and thunderstorms over most of the Kimberley, Pilbara, northwest North
Interior, western Gascoyne, Central West, northern parts of the Lower West and
adjacent Central Wheat Belt districts. Possible showers over remaining parts of
the South West Land Division, Goldfields and Eucla. Windy at times over the
western Pilbara. Very hot across southwest Pilbara and far northwest Gascoyne.

Forecast for Sunday 17 March
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northwest Interior,
Gascoyne, northern and central parts of the South West Land Division. Possible
showers over remaining parts of the South West Land Division, southern
Goldfields and Eucla. Windy about the Pilbara and Gascoyne coasts.

Forecast for Monday 18 March
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northwest Interior,
Gascoyne, western Goldfields, northern and eastern parts of the South West Land
Division. Possible showers over remaining parts of the South West Land
Division, and western Eucla. Windy over the Pilbara coast and Gascoyne coast.

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

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