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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Updated Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 3:20 pm WST on Friday 30 January 2026
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 3 February 2026.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough lies slow moving across the Pilbara and Kimberley. A tropical low may
move into the Kimberley from the Northern Territory on Sunday or early next
week.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A high pressure system will move into the Bight on Saturday, after a weak cold
front brushes the south coast, maintaining a firm ridge over southern WA. A
west coast trough is deepening and will move offshore over the weekend, before
moving inland on Monday.

Forecast for the rest of Friday 30 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara and Interior.
Chance of a shower or thunderstorm with little to no rainfall over western
Gascoyne and inland parts of the South West Land Division. Possible light
showers over the Eucla, developing about the southwest coast later in the
evening. Very hot over northern parts of Central West and inland western
Gascoyne.

Forecast for Saturday 31 January
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern and
central Interior, northeast Gascoyne and northern Goldfields. Chance of a
shower or thunderstorm with little to no rainfall over northern inland parts of
the South West Land Division. Light showers over south coastal districts and
southern Interior. Very hot over Central West, Lower West, western Gascoyne and
western Pilbara. Windy over the state south of the Kimberley, including Darling
Scarp.

Forecast for Sunday 1 February
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern and
central Interior, and northern Gascoyne. Light showers over the south coastal
districts east of Albany, southern Goldfields, and southern Interior. Very hot
over Central West, Lower West, western Gascoyne and western Pilbara. Windy over
the state south of the Kimberley, including Darling Scarp.

Forecast for Monday 2 February
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern and
central Interior, northern and western Gascoyne, and northern Central West.
Light showers possible along the south coast. Very hot over western Gascoyne,
western Pilbara and western and southern parts of the South West Land Division.
Windy over the state south of the Kimberley, including Darling Scarp.

Forecast for Tuesday 3 February
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, northern Interior
and northern Gascoyne. Light showers possible over southern parts of the South
West Land Division. Very hot over northern parts of Central West, western
Gascoyne and western Pilbara. Windy over southern Kimberley, North Interior,
South West Land Division and western Gascoyne.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 1:45 am WST Saturday.

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