Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Nov 20/10 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Fire Weather Warning for the Central Wheatbelt, Great Southern and South Coastal
districts for the remainder of Saturday and for the Inland subdistrict of the
Central West, Central Wheatbelt, the Upper, Roe and Lakes subdistricts of the
Great Southern, Inland subdistrict of the South Coastal and throughout the
Southeast Coastal districts for Sunday.
Fire Weather Warning for the Ashburton Inland sub-district of the Pilbara for
the remainder of Saturday.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Walpole to Israelite Bay.
Forecast for Saturday  evening
NW Kimberley coastal parts and central and eastern Pilbara coast parts extending
further inland in central parts: Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms
and showers.
Inland parts of the Southwest district, southern Great Southern, South Coastal
and far west of the Southeast Coastal: Isolated gusty thunderstorms and showers
developing in the afternoon.
West Pilbara, Gascoyne, and the northern Central West extending to the remaining
western areas of the SW Land Division during the afternoon and evening: Isolated
thunderstorms and showers. Thunderstorms mainly in the Central West and adjacent
western Gascoyne, extending south and east later evening.
Forecast for Sunday
NW Kimberley coastal parts: Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms and
showers.
Western half of the state: Isolated thunderstorms and showers, mainly afternoon
and evening in the north, extending into eastern parts in the afternoon,
clearing from central and southern parts of the west coast in the evening.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Saturday  evening
Cloudy. Chance of a light shower. Light SE'ly winds.
Precis:      Light shower possible.
Forecast for Sunday
Shower or two and the chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds tending moderate
W/NW late morning then SW'ly in the evening.
Precis:      Shower or two, storm risk.
City:        Min 20        Max 29
Mandurah:    Min 21         Max 27
UV Alert:    8:00 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Monday       Shower or two, clearing.               Min 18     Max 24
Tuesday      Partly cloudy.                         Min 15     Max 25
Wednesday    Partly cloudy.                         Min 13     Max 26
Thursday     Partly cloudy.                         Min 14     Max 26
Friday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 13     Max 28
Saturday     Sunny.                                 Min 14     Max 30
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Sunday.

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