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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:30 pm WST on Saturday 12 April 2025
for the period until midnight WST Wednesday 16 April 2025.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A tropical low 29U is expected to move to the north of the Kimberley in the
Timor Sea through Saturday. There is a high chance this system may develop into
a tropical cyclone later Saturday, as it tracks southwest over the weekend and
into next week. Heavy falls and damaging winds are possible about the coastal
Kimberley, but will depend on how close the system moves to the coast.
Meanwhile, a trough lies slow moving over the western Pilbara.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A trough is moving east over the eastern South West Land Division and into the
Goldfields on Sunday. A branch of the trough will extend back over southwest
parts of the South West Land Division on Sunday. Associated cloud band and low
pressure system will bring moderate to heavy rainfall to much of the South West
Land Division, Goldfields and southern Gascoyne until Monday before weakening
and moving east on Tuesday.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday 12 April
Showers and possible thunderstorms over the South West Land Division, inland
Gascoyne, southwest Pilbara, southwest Goldfields and about the north Kimberley
coast. Possibly windy about north Kimberley coast dependent on development and
movement of the tropical low.

Forecast for Sunday 13 April
Rain, showers and gusty thunderstorms over the South West Land Division,
southwest Goldfields, southern and western Gascoyne, and northern Kimberley.
Heavy falls possible over southern and eastern parts of the South West Land
Division, southwest Goldfields and about the north coast of the Kimberley.
Windy at times over southern and eastern parts. Possibly windy over north and
northwest Kimberley coasts dependent on development and movement of the
tropical low.

Forecast for Monday 14 April
Rain, showers and gusty thunderstorms over the South West Land Division, much
of the Goldfields, southern and central Gascoyne, western Eucla and northern
and central Kimberley. Heavy falls possible over eastern parts of the South
West Land Division, southwest Goldfields, and about the north and northwest
coasts of the Kimberley. Windy at times over southern and eastern parts.
Possibly windy over northwest Kimberley coast dependent on development and
movement of the tropical low.

Forecast for Tuesday 15 April
Light showers over southern and central parts of the South West Land Division,
southern Goldfields and Eucla. Showers and thunderstorms over northern and
central Kimberley. Heavy falls possible about the northwest coast of the
Kimberley, dependent on development and movement of the tropical low. Chance of
morning fog over the southern South West Land Division, southern Goldfields and
inland Central West district.

Forecast for Wednesday 16 April
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the far north and northwest Kimberley.
Possible showers over eastern parts of the South West Land division, southwest
Goldfields and western Eucla. chance of morning fog over the inland South East
Coastal district.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Sunday.

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