Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 24/11 - 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 Cape Naturaliste to Walpole for
Monday.
Sheep Farmers warning issued for the Central Wheat Belt and Great Southern for
Tuesday.
Forecast for Monday    evening
Kimberley, Interior, Gascoyne, northern Goldfields and northern Central West
district: Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Southern Central West, northern Lower West and northwest Central Wheat Belt:
Rain areas with isolated thunderstorms.
Southeast Coastal district and Eucla: Isolated showers.
Forecast for Tuesday
Kimberley and Interior: Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Gascoyne, northern Central West and northern Goldfields: Isolated afternoon
showers and thunderstorms, tending to areas of rain and isolated thunderstorms
about the SW Gascoyne and adjacent Central West towards evening.
Southern Central West, Lower West, Central Wheat Belt, Great Southern and
southern Goldfields, contracting eastwards to central and eastern parts of the
SW Land Division, southern Goldfields and western Eucla in the afternoon: Areas
of rain, with moderate to heavy falls.
Remainder of the SW Land Division and Eucla: Isolated showers.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Monday    evening
Rain developing with the risk of a thunderstorm. Moderate to fresh E'ly winds.
Precis:      Rain developing.
Forecast for Tuesday
Rain periods, heavy at times, easing to a few showers in the afternoon. Moderate
to fresh E/NE winds, easing by late morning and shifting S/SE'ly near the coast
for a period in the afternoon.
Precis:      Rain periods, easing.
City:        Min 14        Max 22
Mandurah:    Min 15        Max 22
UV Alert:    8:20 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: NOT RATED
Hills: NOT RATED
Wednesday    Few showers, storm risk.               Min 14     Max 23
Thursday     Few showers, clearing later.           Min 13     Max 23
Friday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 12     Max 25
Saturday     Partly cloudy.                         Min 12     Max 27
Sunday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 14     Max 28
Monday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 14     Max 29
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Tuesday.

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