Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 31/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Fire Weather Warning for the Central West district, the Lower West district and
the western Central Wheat Belt for the remainder of Tuesday.
Strong Wind Warning for offshore coastal waters between Northwest Cape and
Carnarvon Tuesday.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Margaret River to Israelite Bay.
Forecast for Tuesday   evening
Pilbara and Kimberley: Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Gascoyne apart from far southeast parts, and the northern Central West: Isolated
thunderstorms and showers, scattered showers in the western Gascoyne.
Coastal Eucla: Isolated drizzle developing this evening.
Forecast for Wednesday
Northern Central West, western and central Gascoyne, north Kimberley, central
and western Pilbara: Isolated thunderstorms and showers.
Remaining western parts of the SW Land Division: Isolated afternoon and evening
showers.
Coastal Eucla: Isolated morning drizzle.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Fire Weather Warning for the remainder of Tuesday.
Forecast for Tuesday   evening
Clear. Moderate E'ly winds, increasing late evening.
Precis:      Clear.
Forecast for Wednesday
Very hot, with a late afternoon or evening shower possible. Fresh and gusty
NE'ly winds shifting moderate N/NW by late morning and W/SW in the afternoon.
Precis:      Very hot. Possible late shower.
City:        Min 23        Max 38
Mandurah:    Min 23         Max 36
UV Alert:    8:20 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: VERY HIGH
Hills: VERY HIGH
Thursday     Shower or two, increasing.             Min 24     Max 33
Friday       Patchy rain, clearing later.           Min 21     Max 30
Saturday     Partly cloudy.                         Min 15     Max 27
Sunday       Mostly sunny.                          Min 14     Max 28
Monday       Sunny.                                 Min 15     Max 31
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 19     Max 35
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Wednesday.

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