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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 1:30 pm WST on Saturday 23 May 2026
for the period until midnight WST Wednesday 27 May 2026.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A trough over the Kimberley continues to move east ahead of a ridge building
over the southwest. This ridge will bring a cool, dry southeasterly surge to
northern districts.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A ridge is developing over southwest WA. This ridge is will remain over
southern WA through to mid next week.

Forecast for the rest of Saturday 23 May
Showers and chance of a thunderstorm over the far northwest Kimberley and
eastern parts of the South Interior and Eucla.

Forecast for Sunday 24 May
Light showers possible, mostly in the morning, about coastal parts east of
Esperance and over the eastern Eucla. Chance of morning fog and frost over
inland parts of the South West Land Division and southern Goldfields. Windy
over the northern Gascoyne, Pilbara, central and northern Interior and southern
Kimberley.

Forecast for Monday 25 May
Light showers possible near the Eucla coast. Chance of morning fog and frost
over inland eastern parts of the South West Land Division and the southern
Goldfields. Windy over the northern Gascoyne, Pilbara, central and northern
Interior and southern Kimberley.

Forecast for Tuesday 26 May
Light showers possible over the Eucla and far southeastern Interior. Chance of
morning fog and frost over the southern Goldfields, eastern South East coastal
district and western Eucla. Windy over the northern Gascoyne, Pilbara, North
Interior and southern Kimberley. Chance of a shower about the South West Capes
in the late evening.

Forecast for Wednesday 27 May
Showers extending across the South West Land Division during the day, possibly
reaching the southwestern Gascoyne and southwestern Goldfields in the evening.
Chance of morning fog over southeastern parts of the State. Chance of a shower
about the far southeast of the State in the morning.

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

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