Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 9/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Broome to NW Cape and from Carnarvon
to Kalbarri.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Geraldton to Walpole for Thursday.
Forecast for Wednesday evening
Coastal parts of the Kimberley and Pilbara: Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms.
Remaining areas northeast of a line from Coral Bay to Meekatharra to Laverton to
Eyre: Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Southern Southwest Land Division and the far southern Goldfields: Cloudy. Areas
of drizzle near the south coast extending inland and reaching the southern
Goldfields tonight.
Forecast for Thursday
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in coastal parts of the Kimberley
and Pilbara.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the remainder of the northern half of the
state plus the Interior and eastern Eucla. Showers and thunderstorms extending
southwards across the northern half of the Goldfields and far northern Southwest
Land Division during the afternoon.
Areas of drizzle, mostly in the morning, in the southern Southwest Land Division
and the far southern Goldfields.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Wednesday evening
Clear. Moderate to fresh S/SW winds.
Precis:      Clear.
Forecast for Thursday
A sunny day. E/SE winds, fresh and gusty for a period in the morning. A moderate
coastal sea breeze in the afternoon.
Precis:      Sunny.
City:        Min 21        Max 36
Mandurah:    Min 21         Max 33
UV Alert:    8:30 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: VERY HIGH
Hills: VERY HIGH
Friday       Partly cloudy. Windy morning.          Min 20     Max 34
Saturday     Mostly sunny. Windy morning.           Min 20     Max 32
Sunday       Partly cloudy. Windy morning.          Min 19     Max 32
Monday       Cloudy, possible shower.               Min 21     Max 33
Tuesday      Chance of a shower.                    Min 23     Max 33
Wednesday    Chance of a shower.                    Min 22     Max 31
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Thursday.

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