Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 20/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Flood Warning for the De Grey River Catchment.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Northwest Cape to Walpole and from
Israelite Bay to the SA Border.
Forecast for Tuesday
Eucla, eastern Goldfields, SE Gascoyne and the southern Interior: Cloudy with
areas of rain and drizzle, gradually clearing the Eucla and southern Goldfields
in the evening.
Kimberley: Isolated showers.  Isolated thunderstorms in far north and east.
Near the south coast: Isolated showers.
Eastern Gascoyne, eastern Pilbara and the remaining Interior: Isolated afternoon
and evening showers.
Forecast for Wednesday
North and east Kimberley: Isolated afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms.
Remaining Kimberley, the Pilbara, northern Gascoyne and the northern Interior:
Isolated mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
Central western Interior and adjacent far northern Goldfields and eastern
Gascoyne: Areas of drizzle or isolated showers.
Southern coastal districts of the SW Land Division, the far southern Goldfields
and the Eucla: Isolated showers.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Tuesday
Sunny. Moderate SE winds tending fresh S'ly near the coast for a period in the
afternoon.
Precis:      Sunny.
City:        Max   27
Mandurah:    Max   26
UV Alert:    9:00 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Forecast for Wednesday
Sunny. Moderate to fresh E'ly winds tending moderate to fresh SE in the
afternoon.
Precis:      Sunny.
City:        Min 13         Max 26
Mandurah:    Min 14        Max 25
Thursday     Sunny.                                 Min 13     Max 26
Friday       Sunny.                                 Min 13     Max 27
Saturday     Mostly sunny.                          Min 14     Max 30
Sunday       Shower or two.                         Min 16     Max 29
Monday       Shower or two.                         Min 17     Max 29
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm WST Tuesday.

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