Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 18/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Tropical Cyclone Warning for coastal areas from the NT Border to Kalumburu.
Flood Warnings for the southern Interior, Gascoyne, Greenough and Murchison
River catchments, and Goldfields.
Flood Watch for the north and east Kimberley.
Wind Warning from NT Border to Kuri Bay.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Jurien Bay to Walpole for Saturday
evening and early Sunday morning.
Forecast for Saturday
Kimberley: Scattered showers and thunderstorms tending to rain and storms in the
north, heavy falls possible.
Southern Gascoyne and northern Central West district: Rain areas and isolated
thunderstorms with some possible moderate to heavy falls.
Pilbara, northern and central Interior, remainder of the Gascoyne: Isolated
thunderstorms and showers, tending scattered in the afternoon, moderate to heavy
falls possible.
Northern and central Goldfields, adjacent Interior, remainder of the Central
West, northern Central Wheatbelt and northern Lower West: Isolated thunderstorms
and showers developing in the afternoon.
Near the south coast west of Esperance: Isolated showers or drizzle west of
Bremer Bay, extending east in the afternoon.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Saturday
Mostly sunny. Moderate E/SE winds before a moderate to fresh afternoon sea
breeze.
Precis:      Mostly sunny.
City:        Max   34
Mandurah:    Max   33
UV Alert:    8:40 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Sunday       Chance of a shower.                    Min 21     Max 30
Monday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 19     Max 32
Tuesday      Partly cloudy.                         Min 21     Max 33
Wednesday    Partly cloudy.                         Min 21     Max 31
Thursday     Partly cloudy.                         Min 22     Max 33
Friday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 22     Max 33
The next routine forecast will be issued at 11:20 am WST Saturday.

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