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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 for Tuesday evening.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Carnarvon to Jurien Bay for
Wednesday.
Forecast for Tuesday   evening
Eastern Goldfields, SE Gascoyne and the southern Interior: Cloudy with areas of
drizzle.
Kimberley: Isolated showers.  Isolated thunderstorms in far north and east.
Near the south coast and Eucla coast: Isolated showers.
Eastern Gascoyne, eastern Pilbara and the remaining Interior: Isolated 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.
Central western Interior and adjacent far northern Goldfields and eastern
Gascoyne: Areas of drizzle or isolated showers clearing during the afternoon.
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   evening
Clear. Moderate SE winds tending fresh S'ly near the coast until late evening.
Precis:      Clear.
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
UV Alert:    9:00 am to 3:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
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
Tuesday      Partly cloudy.                         Min 16     Max 26
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Wednesday.

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