Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 18/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Flood Warning for the Upper Fortescue River Catchment, De Grey River Catchment,
North Kimberley Coastal River Catchments, West Kimberley Region and Fitzroy
River Catchment.
Flood Watch for the Ashburton River Catchment, the Gascoyne district and the
Goldfields district.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Carnarvon to Walpole and from Bremer
Bay to Eyre on Monday.
Sheep Farmers Warning for the Central Wheat Belt, eastern Great Southern and
Southeast
Coastal district.
Forecast for Sunday    evening
Kimberley and northern Interior: Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Far southeast Gascoyne, the Goldfields and far western Interior: Rain, with
moderate to heavy falls and possible localised flooding.
Central and eastern Pilbara and the remaining eastern Gascoyne: Isolated
showers.
Northeastern and eastern parts of the SW Land Division: Areas of rain, with some
moderate falls developing over the Southeast Coastal district.
Eucla and remaining Interior: Patchy areas of rain.
Forecast for Monday
Goldfields, Eucla and eastern parts of the SW Land Division: Areas of rain. Some
heavy falls possible in the southern Goldfields and eastern parts of the
Southeast Coastal district.
Kimberley and northeast Interior: Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Central and eastern Pilbara, eastern Gascoyne and remaining parts of the
Interior: Isolated showers and areas of drizzle.
Remaining south coastal parts: Isolated showers.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Sunday    evening
Clear. Moderate S/SW winds.
Precis:      Clear.
Forecast for Monday
Mostly sunny. Moderate S/SE winds, shifting S/SW'ly by late morning and
freshening in the afternoon.
Precis:      Mostly sunny.
City:        Min 17        Max 31
Mandurah:    Min 19         Max 28
UV Alert:    9:00 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 13     Max 27
Wednesday    Sunny.                                 Min 12     Max 26
Thursday     Sunny.                                 Min 13     Max 28
Friday       Sunny.                                 Min 13     Max 28
Saturday     Sunny.                                 Min 14     Max 30
Sunday       Sunny.                                 Min 16     Max 31
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Monday.

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