Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 5/11 - 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.
Forecast for Thursday
Goldfields, Eucla and southern Interior: Rain areas and isolated thunderstorms
easing to showers in the Goldfields and the western Eucla by the afternoon.
Moderate to heavy falls possible.
Northeastern SW Land Division: Rain clearing by sunrise with isolated showers
continuing, scattered in the northern Central West with isolated thunderstorms.
Near the Lower West and Southwest coasts: Isolated light showers, clearing the
Lower West in the morning.
Gascoyne, Pilbara, Interior and the Kimberley: Isolated showers and
thunderstorms becoming scattered in the Kimberley and northern Interior. Some
early rain in the far southern Gascoyne.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Forecast for Thursday
An early shower clearing to a partly cloudy day. Moderate SW'ly winds.
Precis:      Early shower then partly cloudy.
City:        Max   25
Mandurah:    Max   25
UV Alert:    8:10 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Friday       Morning shower.                        Min 17     Max 24
Saturday     Sunny.                                 Min 15     Max 30
Sunday       Sunny.                                 Min 18     Max 35
Monday       Sunny.                                 Min 20     Max 35
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 19     Max 35
Wednesday    Sunny.                                 Min 19     Max 35
The next routine forecast will be issued at 11:20 am WST Thursday.

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