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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 1:30 pm WST on Thursday 16 April 2026
for the period until midnight WST Monday 20 April 2026.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A broad trough lingers about the Pilbara and western Kimberley coast, moving
inland for a period on Saturday before returning to the coast as a new ridge
strengthens through inland parts of northern WA from Sunday.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge sits over the south coast, as a trough moves east through central parts
of the State ahead of a cold front Friday night. The cold front will weaken on
Saturday as it moves east across the South West Land Division. A ridge will
develop momentarily over southern parts ahead of the next cold front Monday
night.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday 16 April
Isolated showers and gusty thunderstorms over the southern Pilbara, southern
and eastern Gascoyne, Goldfields, and western and western parts of the South
Interior. Possible showers and thunderstorms through central and eastern parts
of the South West Land Division. Chance of showers about the Esperance region
and Eucla.

Forecast for Friday 17 April
Isolated showers and gusty thunderstorms over central and eastern parts of the
South West Land Division, the southern Interior, Eucla, southeast Gascoyne and
Goldfields, and in the afternoon and evening over the far northeast part of the
Kimberley. Showers may become severe in the afternoon in the South East Coastal
District and adjacent Eucla. Showers increasing with a cold front in the late
afternoon and evening southwest of a line from Jurien Bay to Albany. Chance of
late thunderstorms in the southwest corner. Possible morning fog in the western
Gascoyne and Central West. Becoming windy about the southwest coast.

Forecast for Saturday 18 April
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the north and east Kimberley. Chance of a
shower or thunderstorm over the southern Interior, eastern Goldfields, Eucla
and eastern parts of the South East Coastal district. Showers over the South
West Land Division, contracting north and east during the day and clearing in
the afternoon and evening. Possible morning fog over the Central West and
adjacent Gascoyne. Windy early in the day about the south coast.

Forecast for Sunday 19 April
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over central and northern parts of the
Kimberley. Chance of a shower or thunderstorm over the southern Interior.
Rather cloudy about the southwest corner but mainly sunny for the rest of the
South West Land Division, Gascoyne, Goldfields and Pilbara.

Forecast for Monday 20 April
Showers and thunderstorms in the northern Kimberley. Chance of a shower or
storm in the southern Goldfields, South East Coastal District and adjacent
Eucla. Showers and winds increasing south and west of a line from Kalbarri to
Bremer Bay, with the chance of a thunderstorm about the lower west coast.

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

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