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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Wednesday 31 July 2024
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 3 August 2024.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A ridge building over central Australia directs an easterly flow in the north.
A trough near the Pilbara coast today will move inland later in the week.
Associated cloud band will develop over the Pilbara before extending to the
Interior and southern Kimberley later in the week.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A series of cold fronts and troughs will move across southwest WA this week. A
strong cold front will combine with a cloud band to bring widespread rain to
southern and central WA on Wednesday and Thursday. A ridge of high pressure
will extend across southern WA at the end of the week and weekend.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 31 July
Showers southwest of a line Karratha to Eucla, tending to rain southwest of
Jurien Bay to Walpole during the afternoon and evening. Chance of thunderstorms
southwest of Geraldton to Hopetoun and also over the Goldfields and South East
Coastal. Possible heavy falls and damaging wind gusts in thunderstorms over the
western districts of the South West Land Division. Chance of morning fog over
the South West Land Division, adjacent Gascoyne and southwest Goldfields. Windy
about the northern Goldfields and eastern Gascoyne. Tides will be higher than
normal about the Perth coast.

Forecast for Thursday 1 August
Rain and showers over the South West Land Division, Gascoyne, Eucla,
Goldfields, central and southern Interior, and Pilbara. Chance of gusty
thunderstorms near coastal parts of the South West Land Division, eastern
Goldfields and western Eucla. Small hail possible over southern parts of the
South West Land Division. Possible snow flurries about the peaks of the
Stirling Ranges. Windy at times about central and southern WA. Tides will be
higher than normal about the west and south coasts.

Forecast for Friday 2 August
Showers over the southern and western districts of the South West Land
Division, Eucla, Interior, northeast Gascoyne and Pilbara. Small hail possible
about the south coast. Chance of morning frost over the inland South West Land
Division, adjacent Goldfields and southeast Gascoyne.

Forecast for Saturday 3 August
Showers far southern parts of the South West Land Division, Pilbara, northeast
Gascoyne, Interior and southwest Kimberley. Chance of morning frost over the
southern South West Land Division, southern Goldfields and Eucla.

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

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