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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:45 am WST on Wednesday 15 January 2025
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 18 January 2025.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad low pressure trough lies over northern parts of the state. The monsoon
may develop in the Timor Sea towards the end of the week, with the chance of a
tropical low developing in the vicinity of the Kimberley coast or Pilbara coast.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A trough is moving north over the South Interior. A ridge is extending along
the south coast, with the west coast trough returning on Thursday. The trough
will move inland on Friday ahead of a weak cold front moving across the
southwest corner later in the day. A new ridge develops rapidly to the south on
Saturday.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 15 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, far northern
Gascoyne, and northern Interior. Possible heavy falls over the inland central
and eastern Pilbara and inland Kimberley. Very hot over the far west Pilbara
and northern Gascoyne. Windy in the morning through central and southeast WA.

Forecast for Thursday 16 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, inland
Central West, adjacent northwest Central Wheat Belt and northern Interior. Very
hot over the southwest Pilbara, Gascoyne, central Interior, Central West,
Central Wheat Belt, Lower West and inland parts of the South West. Windy in the
morning through central and southwest WA.

Forecast for Friday 17 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, northern
Interior, western and northern Goldfields, and South West Land Division. Very
hot over the southwest Pilbara, northern and eastern Gascoyne, Goldfields,
southern and central Interior and South East Coastal districts. Windy in the
morning through inland parts of the South West Land Division and eastern
Gascoyne.

Forecast for Saturday 18 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, inland Gascoyne,
north and west Interior and northern and central Goldfields. Possible morning
showers for eastern parts of the South West Land Division and Eucla. Very hot
over the eastern Eucla and Interior.

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

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