Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 8/12 - 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 Coral Bay to Cape Leeuwin.
Fire Weather Warning for the Central West for the remainder of Sunday and for
the coastal Central West for Monday.
Forecast for Sunday    evening
Central and northern Interior: Scattered thunderstorms and showers, moderate to
heavy falls and strong squalls possible.
Far northern Goldfields, Kimberley, inland and eastern Pilbara, inland Gascoyne:
Isolated thunderstorms and showers, showers scattered in all but the eastern
Kimberley.
Coastal Gascoyne south of Carnarvon: Isolated showers.
Forecast for Monday
Far western Kimberley, central and eastern Pilbara, far northeast Gascoyne and
central Interior: Scattered thunderstorms and showers with moderate to heavy
falls possible.
Northern half of the Gascoyne, far northern Goldfields and the remainder of the
Kimberley, Pilbara and Interior: Isolated thunderstorms and showers. Showers
tending scattered away from the Kimberley. Conditions contracting into the far
north and northeast Gascoyne and extending into the southern Interior during the
day.
About the south coast near and west of Albany: Isolated morning showers.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Sunday    evening
Clear. Moderate to fresh SW'ly winds, easing tonight.
Precis:      Clear.
Forecast for Monday
Sunny. Moderate E/SE winds, fresh near the hills in the morning, before a fresh
afternoon sea breeze.
Precis:      Sunny.
City:        Min 17        Max 31
Mandurah:    Min 17        Max 30
UV Alert:    8:20 am to 4:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 19     Max 34
Wednesday    Partly cloudy.                         Min 21     Max 33
Thursday     Partly cloudy.                         Min 20     Max 32
Friday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 21     Max 32
Saturday     Partly cloudy.                         Min 21     Max 32
Sunday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 22     Max 33
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Monday.

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