IDW10100
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 2:43 pm WST on Tuesday 21 April 2026
for the period until midnight WST Saturday 25 April 2026.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough is moving inland across the Pilbara as ridge develops about the
Gascoyne coast, extending to the Kimberley west coast. The trough will move
back closer to the Pilbara coast on Wednesday once the ridge moves away. A
cloud band will develop later in the week across the Pilbara.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A cold front in the east is continuing to weaken and move east into South
Australia, bringing the trough in the Interior with it. A ridge is making its
way over southern WA tonight and into Wednesday, followed by a cold front that
will move across the southwest on Thursday, and another on Friday.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday 21 April
Showers about coastal parts between Mandurah to Esperance, mostly clearing
during the afternoon. Chance of showers and gusty thunderstorms over the
eastern Eucla and far southeast South Interior, and about the far north and
northwest Kimberley. Windy over southeastern parts, and the Gascoyne and
southwest Pilbara coasts.

Forecast for Wednesday 22 April
Chance of a shower or thunderstorm across the northern Kimberley. Light showers
developing southwest of a line Harvey to Walpole in the afternoon and evening.
Becoming windy about the southwest coast.

Forecast for Thursday 23 April
Showers and the chance of thunderstorms over most parts the South West Land
Division, southern Gascoyne, southern and central Goldfields and western Eucla.
Chance of a shower across the northern and northwest Kimberley. Windy at times
over southern WA.

Forecast for Friday 24 April
Chance of a shower over the western Kimberley and coastal Pilbara. Chance of
showers and isolated thunderstorms over the far eastern South West Land
Division, western and southern Gascoyne, Goldfields, Eucla, and adjacent South
Interior. Light showers possible, mostly morning, over the remainder of the
South West Land Division. Windy over eastern WA.

Forecast for Saturday 25 April
Showers and isolated thunderstorms over the western and central Pilbara,
Gascoyne, Goldfields, southwest South Interior, Eucla and northern and eastern
parts of the South West Land Division. Light showers possible along the
remaining south coast, mostly morning. Morning fog possible over southern
districts of the South West Land Division.

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

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