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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Western Australia Forecast
Issued at 4:30 pm WST on Wednesday 2 January 2019
for the period until midnight WST Sunday 6 January 2019.

Warning Information
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Weather Situation – Northern Western Australia
A sharp surface trough lies over the western Pilbara, with a broader area of low pressure extending through to the North Interior and southern Kimberley.

Weather Situation – Southern and Central Western Australia
A high pressure ridge lies to the south of the State. A broad surface trough extends from the Goldfields towards the Eucla, and will move slowly to the east ahead of a weak cold front that will brush the southwest of the State later on Wednesday and early Thursday. A strong ridge of high pressure will develop in its wake of the cold front during Thursday, with a second weak cold front brushing the south coast late Friday. A new ridge of high pressure will develop in the wake of the cold front on Saturday as a troughs develop along the west coast, deepening on Sunday.

Forecast for the rest of Wednesday 2 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, eastern Pilbara, and Interior. Showers developing southwest of a line Bunbury to Albany in the evening.

Forecast for Thursday 3 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, inland Pilbara and Interior. A period of morning showers southwest of a line Geraldton to Lake Grace to Israelite Bay, contracting to the western south coast by the afternoon. Very hot in the central and northern parts.

Forecast for Friday 4 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, eastern inland Pilbara, Interior, eastern Gascoyne and far northern Goldfields. Showers over coastal parts of the Southwest and South Coast. Very hot in the Pilbara and Interior.

Forecast for Saturday 5 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Interior, Gascoyne, Central West and northern Central Wheat Belt. Showers about southern coastal parts contracting eastwards during the day.

Forecast for Sunday 6 January
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley, Pilbara, Interior, Gascoyne, Central West and western Central Wheat Belt and northern Goldfields with a slight chance of thunderstorms extending across the remaining South West Land Division during the day. Showers about southwest coastal parts.

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

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