Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 25/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Cyclone WATCH issued for coastal areas between Kalumburu and Wallal.
Flood Warning for the Murchison River catchment.
Strong Wind Warning current for coastal waters from Kuri Bay to the NT Border.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Cape Leeuwin to Walpole for Saturday
afternoon.
Forecast for Friday    evening
Kimberley: Scattered showers and thunderstorms with some heavy falls possible.
Pilbara, Gascoyne, Goldfields, Eucla, northern and western Interior, the Central
Wheat Belt and adjacent parts of the Central West and Lower West: Isolated
showers and thunderstorms, tending scattered over the NE Central Wheat Belt, the
southern Gascoyne and the northern Goldfields with some heavy falls possible.
Forecast for Saturday
Kimberley: Scattered showers and squally thunderstorms, tending to rain areas in
the north. Some heavy falls possible.
Pilbara, Gascoyne, Goldfields, northern half of the SW Land Division, the
western Eucla and parts of the Interior: Isolated thunderstorms and showers,
mostly in the afternoon and evening.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Friday    evening
Humid and partly cloudy. Light to moderate W/SW winds.
Precis:      Humid.
Forecast for Saturday
A mostly sunny and humid day. Light E'ly winds becoming light to moderate
W/SW'ly in the afternoon.
Precis:      Very hot. Humid.
City:        Min 24        Max 38
Mandurah:    Min 25         Max 35
UV Alert:    8:40 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Sunday       Very hot. Partly cloudy.               Min 25     Max 38
Monday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 26     Max 35
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 24     Max 37
Wednesday    Very hot. Sunny.                       Min 24     Max 38
Thursday     Sunny.                                 Min 24     Max 37
Friday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 25     Max 37
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Saturday.

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