Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 4/11 - 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.
Fire Weather Warning for the Southeast Coastal District
Forecast for Tuesday   evening
Northern half of the state and the northern Central West: Isolated showers and
thunderstorms, tending to scattered showers and thunderstorms in the Gascoyne,
western Pilbara and NW Kimberley, with some moderate to heavy falls possible.
Southern Interior and eastern Eucla: Isolated showers.
Forecast for Wednesday
Southern districts of the SW Land Division including the Lower West and the
Great Southern: Areas of rain and isolated thunderstorms extending eastwards
during the day, with local heavy falls possible between Bunbury and Bremer Bay.
Central West, Central Wheatbelt, southern Gascoyne and western Goldfields:
Isolated showers and thunderstorms becoming scattered away from the west coast
during the afternoon. Local heavy falls possible.
Remainder of the state apart from northwest Pilbara, southeast Interior and the
eastern Eucla: Isolated showers and thunderstorms tending scattered in the
northwest Kimberley in the afternoon.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Tuesday   evening
Clear. Moderate SW winds easing light S/SE during the evening.
Precis:      Clear.
Forecast for Wednesday
Rain periods developing with the chance of a thunderstorm. Light to moderate
N/NE'ly winds, shifting moderate W'ly in the afternoon.
Precis:      Rain, thunderstorm risk.
City:        Min 22        Max 27
Mandurah:    Min 24         Max 26
UV Alert:    8:10 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Thursday     Morning shower or two.                 Min 18     Max 25
Friday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 15     Max 24
Saturday     Sunny.                                 Min 16     Max 27
Sunday       Sunny.                                 Min 18     Max 32
Monday       Sunny.                                 Min 20     Max 35
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 21     Max 36
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Wednesday.

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