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Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Nov 4/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the southeast parts of the state.
Forecast for Friday    evening
Interior, Goldfields, Eucla, and the Southeast Coastal district: Scattered
showers and thunderstorms with heavy falls, strong squalls and hail possible.
Southern Gascoyne, Central Wheat Belt, Great Southern and the South Coastal
district: Scattered showers and squally thunderstorms with some moderate to
heavy falls, easing to isolated showers by evening.
Remaining parts of the SW Land Division, and coastal parts of the Gascoyne:
Isolated showers.
Kimberley: Isolated showers and thunderstorms central and eastern parts.
Forecast for Saturday
Eastern Interior, SE Goldfields, and Eucla: Isolated showers and thunderstorms
contracting to the far southern Interior and the eastern Eucla in the morning.
Central and eastern Kimberley: Isolated showers and thunderstorms, contracting
to the eastern parts in the afternoon.
SW Land Division, and the adjacent SW Goldfields: Isolated showers southwest
Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay during the morning, extending to remaining areas
southwest of a line Geraldton to Israelite Bay in the afternoon and evening.
Isolated morning thunderstorms in the SE Coastal district. Showers tending
scattered in the Lower West, northern Great Southern and the SW Central Wheat
Belt.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Friday    evening
A shower or two, with some lengthy breaks. Moderate to fresh W/SW winds, easing
in the evening.
Precis:      Shower or two.
Forecast for Saturday
A few showers, heavy at times from late morning. Moderate W/NW winds.
Precis:      Few showers.
City:        Min 15        Max 23
Mandurah:    Min 16         Max 22
UV Alert:    8:10 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: LOW-MODERATE
Hills: LOW-MODERATE
Sunday       Few showers, easing later.             Min 15     Max 22
Monday       Few showers. Storm risk.               Min 14     Max 21
Tuesday      Few showers, easing later.             Min 14     Max 21
Wednesday    Shower or two.                         Min 13     Max 23
Thursday     Chance of a shower before sunrise.     Min 14     Max 24
Friday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 13     Max 26
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Saturday.

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