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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Monday 23 December 2024
for the period until midnight WST Thursday 26 December 2024.

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

Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough extends from the Kimberley to the Pilbara coast, while a dry and fresh
easterly flow extends across inland areas. The easterly flow will weaken from
Monday, allowing the trough to move to inland Pilbara and the Interior by
Tuesday.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A firm ridge is located in the Bight, while a deep trough remains slow moving
near the west coast. The trough will move inland later Monday as the ridge
weakens, ahead of a weak cold front. The front will brush past the south coast
early Tuesday and will be followed by a strengthening ridge from the Indian
Ocean. The new ridge will extend over southwest WA on Wednesday and over
southern WA on Thursday.

Forecast for the rest of Monday 23 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley. Chance of an afternoon
gusty thunderstorm with little to no rainfall over the inland Central West,
western Gascoyne, far southwest Pilbara, far eastern Lower West, western parts
of the Central Wheat Belt and northwest Great Southern. Windy through central
and southwestern parts of the state. Very hot over most parts of the South West
Land Division, Gascoyne, Pilbara, Kimberley and northern Interior.

Forecast for Tuesday 24 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, adjacent northeast Pilbara,
and northern parts of North Interior. Chance of an afternoon and evening gusty
thunderstorm with little to no rainfall over the inland Central West, Gascoyne,
far southwest Pilbara, Central Wheat Belt, southwest Goldfields, Great
Southern, South East Coastal and eastern parts of South Coastal district.
Showers over southern parts of the South West Land Division. Becoming cooler
across the southwest of the State, remaining very hot elsewhere.

Forecast for Wednesday 25 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, northern and eastern
Pilbara, and northern and central parts of the Interior. Showers over southern
parts of the South West Land Division, Eucla and Goldfields. Chance of a
thunderstorm over the Goldfields and eastern parts of South East Coastal.
Cooler over the South West Land Division, southern Goldfields and southern
Gascoyne, remaining hot to very hot elsewhere.

Forecast for Thursday 26 December
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, northern and eastern
Pilbara, and northern and eastern parts of the Interior. Showers over southern
parts of the South West Land Division, Eucla and southwest Interior. Cool over
southern WA, hot to very hot elsewhere.

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

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