Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 20/12 - 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.
Forecast for Monday    evening
Kimberley, northern and central Interior, Pilbara, inland Gascoyne, northern and
central parts of the SW Land Division, and northern and western parts of the
Goldfields: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Squally thunderstorms with heavy
rainfall are possible in the southern Gascoyne, inland Central West, and the
northern Central Wheat Belt.
Forecast for Tuesday
Kimberley, northern and central Interior, Pilbara, inland Gascoyne, northeast
Central Wheat Belt, and the northwest parts of the Goldfields: Isolated showers
and thunderstorms, mainly afternoon and evening. Showers and thunderstorms
tending scattered in the NW Kimberley during the afternoon and evening.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Monday    evening
Partly cloudy. Moderate E/SE winds.
Precis:      Partly cloudy.
Forecast for Tuesday
Mostly sunny. Becoming humid in the evening. Moderate to fresh E'ly winds easing
late morning and shifting moderate to fresh SW in the afternoon.
Precis:      Mostly sunny.
City:        Min 23        Max 37
Mandurah:    Min 23        Max 34
UV Alert:    8:40 am to 4:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Wednesday    Partly cloudy.                         Min 22     Max 33
Thursday     Cloudy periods.                        Min 20     Max 30
Friday       Morning shower chance.                 Min 18     Max 26
Saturday     Partly cloudy.                         Min 16     Max 27
Sunday       Morning shower chance.                 Min 16     Max 26
Monday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 15     Max 28
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Tuesday.

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