Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 16/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Flood Warning current for the Pilbara Coastal Rivers [Yule and Turner River
Catchments].
Flood Warning current for the De Grey, and Ashburton River catchments.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Carnarvon to Cape Naturaliste on
Monday.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Kalbarri to Jurien Bay Tuesday
afternoon.
Forecast for Monday    evening
Southeast Coastal district: Isolated coastal showers.
Central and eastern Pilbara, and NE Gascoyne: Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms, with moderate to heavy falls possible.
Kimberley, remainder of the inland Gascoyne, Goldfields, far northeast Central
Wheat Belt, Eucla and the Interior: Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Forecast for Tuesday
Southeast Interior, and the eastern Eucla: Isolated morning showers and
thunderstorms.
Kimberley, and the northern Interior: Isolated showers and thunderstorms in all
but the southeast parts of the Kimberley.
NW Goldfields, central Interior, inland Pilbara, and inland Gascoyne: Scattered
showers and thunderstorms with moderate to heavy falls in the NE Gascoyne,
western Interior, and eastern Pilbara. In the remainder of the area isolated
afternoon showers and thunderstorms .
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Monday    evening
Clear. Moderate to fresh S/SW winds, shifting SE'ly late evening.
Precis:      Clear.
Forecast for Tuesday
Sunny. Moderate E/SE winds, before shifting moderate to fresh S/SW about coastal
parts during the afternoon.
Precis:      Sunny.
City:        Min 16        Max 31
Mandurah:    Min 17        Max 29
UV Alert:    8:20 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Wednesday    Late thunderstorm risk.                Min 20     Max 36
Thursday     Thunderstorm risk.                     Min 23     Max 34
Friday       Thunderstorm risk.                     Min 23     Max 36
Saturday     Cloudy.                                Min 24     Max 32
Sunday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 20     Max 29
Monday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 19     Max 30
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Tuesday.

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