Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 21/11 - 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 West district for the remainder of Friday
and for northern and eastern parts of the SW Land Division on Saturday.
Strong Wind Warning from Kalumburu to the NT Border for Saturday.
Forecast for Friday    evening
Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, northern Interior and the far northern Goldfields:
Isolated showers and squally thunderstorms.
Forecast for Saturday
Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, the western and northern Interior and the northern
Goldfields: Isolated showers and thunderstorms, clearing from the northern
Goldfields and central Interior during the morning. Strong squalls possible with
thunderstorms in the Kimberley and Pilbara.
Southwest Land Division: Isolated thunderstorms and showers over the Central
West and Central Wheat Belt, extending through the eastern Great Southern and
into the Southeast Coastal district in the late afternoon and evening. Isolated
showers developing southwest of a line Bunbury to Albany late afternoon,
extending north to Perth during the evening.
Southwest Goldfields: Isolated mostly afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Friday    evening
Partly cloudy. Moderate SW'ly winds, fresher near the coast.
Precis:      Partly cloudy.
Forecast for Saturday
Cloud increasing during the day, with the chance of a shower later in the
evening. Light to moderate SW'ly winds, freshening in the afternoon.
Precis:      Cloud increasing.
City:        Min 20        Max 33
Mandurah:    Min 20        Max 31
UV Alert:    8:20 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Sunday       Shower or two.                         Min 21     Max 29
Monday       Early shower.                          Min 18     Max 28
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 15     Max 28
Wednesday    Sunny.                                 Min 16     Max 32
Thursday     Sunny.                                 Min 20     Max 37
Friday       Mostly sunny.                          Min 23     Max 39
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Saturday.

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