Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

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

Warning summary
Flood Warning for the Gascoyne River Catchment.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters between Cape Leeuwin to Albany.
Forecast for Monday    evening
Southeast Kimberley, northwest Interior and northeast Gascoyne: Isolated
thunderstorms and scattered showers.
Southern and western Gascoyne and Central West: Isolated showers.
Remainder the SW Land Division, southern Goldfields: Scattered showers in all
but the east, heavier in the west, extending throughout tonight.
Forecast for Tuesday
Southeast Pilbara, eastern Gascoyne, northwestern Interior, central and eastern
Kimberley, and the northern Goldfields: Isolated thunderstorms and showers.
Showers becoming scattered in the afternoon with moderate to heavy falls
possible in the western Interior and adjacent parts of the Gascoyne and
Goldfields.
Western Pilbara and western Gascoyne: Isolated showers, mainly light.
Remainder of the Goldfields, east of the Central Wheatbelt, east of the Great
Southern, Southeast Coastal and western Eucla:  Scattered showers tending to
areas of rain later. Moderate falls possible.
Remainder of the SW Land Division: Isolated showers, easing in the north of the
Central West during the morning.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Monday    evening
Shower or two. Fresh and gusty E'ly winds.
Precis:      Shower or two. Windy.
Forecast for Tuesday
Shower or two, mainly morning. Fresh and gusty NE'ly winds, easing late morning
before a moderate afternoon sea breeze.
Precis:      Shower or two, mainly morning.
City:        Min 19        Max 29
Mandurah:    Min 19         Max 27
UV Alert:    8:00 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Wednesday    Chance of a shower.                    Min 20     Max 32
Thursday     Partly cloudy.                         Min 21     Max 33
Friday       Hot. Partly cloudy.                    Min 22     Max 35
Saturday     Very hot. Sunny.                       Min 23     Max 38
Sunday       Hot. Partly cloudy.                    Min 22     Max 36
Monday       Chance of a shower.                    Min 22     Max 35
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Tuesday.

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