Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

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

Warning summary
Flood Warning for the Fitzroy River Catchment.
Strong Wind Warning from Hopetoun to Israelite Bay for Thursday afternoon.
Forecast for Wednesday evening
Kimberley, Pilbara and the northern Interior: Isolated thunderstorms and showers
tending scattered over the Kimberley and northeast Interior with some moderate
to heavy falls possible.
Western inland Gascoyne, inland Central West and the Central Wheat Belt:
Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Western Goldfields: Isolated showers.
Forecast for Thursday
Kimberley and the northern Interior: Isolated thunderstorms and showers tending
scattered in the afternoon and evening with some moderate to heavy falls
possible.
Western Pilbara, extending into the west Gascoyne, and the northern Central West
in the afternoon and evening: Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Central parts of the Great Southern, and the South Coastal district: Isolated
afternoon showers and thunderstorms.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Wednesday evening
Clear. Moderate to fresh S/SW winds.
Precis:      Clear.
Forecast for Thursday
Partly cloudy. Light variable winds before a moderate to fresh SW'ly by noon.
Precis:      Partly cloudy.
City:        Min 20        Max 32
Mandurah:    Min 21         Max 28
UV Alert:    8:50 am to 4:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Friday       Mostly sunny.                          Min 18     Max 28
Saturday     Mostly sunny.                          Min 16     Max 29
Sunday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 18     Max 34
Monday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 21     Max 37
Tuesday      Cloudy.                                Min 20     Max 31
Wednesday    Cloudy.                                Min 17     Max 28
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Thursday.

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