Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 17/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
A Cyclone Warning for coastal areas from Exmouth to Coral Bay.
A Cyclone Watch for coastal areas from Onslow to Exmouth and Coral Bay to
Overlander Roadhouse.
A Cyclone Watch for coastal areas from Kalumburu to the NT Border.
Flood Warnings for the Interior, De Grey, Gascoyne, Greenough and Murchison
River catchments, Pilbara Coastal streams, Goldfields and the Eucla.
Flood Watch for the north and east Kimberley, and the Irwin River Catchment.
Wind Warnings for coastal waters from Cape Preston to Carnarvon.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Cape Leeuwin to Albany.
Forecast for Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms north of a line Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay, with rain
areas over the southeast Gascoyne, Goldfields, Eucla and the southern and
western Interior. Some heavy falls likely over the Pilbara, Gascoyne,
Goldfields, Eucla and the southern and western Interior, with localised flooding
possible.
Scattered showers and areas of drizzle over remaining parts of the state, apart
from in the Lower West and Southwest districts.
Forecast for Friday
Northern Kimberley: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, increasing to
widespread in the northeast. Heavy falls.
NE Goldfields, NE Eucla, and the southern Interior: Rain areas and isolated
thunderstorms with heavy falls, easing to isolated showers in the evening.
Localised flooding possible.
Northern and southern parts of the SW Land Division, SW Goldfields, western
Eucla, and the far SE Gascoyne: Areas of drizzle and isolated showers, clearing
early afternoon.
Pilbara, northern Interior, southern Kimberley, and remaining Gascoyne: Isolated
showers and thunderstorm, increasing to scattered during the afternoon and
evening in the Gascoyne, eastern Pilbara, and southern Kimberley.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Thursday
A humid and mostly sunny day. Moderate to fresh E/SE winds.
Precis:      Mostly sunny.
City:        Max   34
Mandurah:    Max   31
UV Alert:    8:40 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Forecast for Friday
A humid and mostly sunny day. Moderate E/NE winds, easing in the morning and
early afternoon, before a moderate to fresh late afternoon seabreeze.
Precis:      Mostly sunny.
City:        Min 21         Max 33
Mandurah:    Min 22         Max 31
Saturday     Mostly sunny.                          Min 22     Max 33
Sunday       Rain periods, thunderstorm risk.       Min 20     Max 25
Monday       Shower or two, thunderstorm risk       Min 19     Max 31
Tuesday      Humid, chance of a shower.             Min 22     Max 33
Wednesday    Partly cloudy.                         Min 21     Max 33
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm WST Thursday.

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