Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 23/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Flood Warning for the Nullagine and Oakover Rivers in the De Grey River
Catchment.
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Cape Leeuwin to Walpole.
Forecast for Friday
Kimberley, northern Interior, Pilbara, and the northern and western Gascoyne:
Isolated showers and thunderstorms, with showers tending scattered during the
afternoon in the eastern Kimberley, western Gascoyne, and the far west Pilbara.
Southern Goldfields, Eucla, and the South and Southeast Coastal districts: Areas
of drizzle and isolated showers, contracting to the coastal parts east of
Esperance in the afternoon.
Forecast for Saturday
Western Pilbara, western Gascoyne and the north of the Central West, extending
through the remainder of the Central West and into the north of the Lower West
and west of the Central Wheat Belt in the evening: Scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms.
Kimberley, Pilbara, central Interior and the remainder of the Gascoyne: Isolated
showers and thunderstorms, tending scattered over the western Kimberley and
adjacent parts in the afternoon.
The coastal Eucla and adjacent parts of the Southeast Coastal district: Areas of
morning drizzle.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Friday
Sunny. Moderate to fresh E/NE winds.
Precis:      Sunny.
City:        Max   28
Mandurah:    Max   27
UV Alert:    9:10 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: HIGH
Hills: HIGH
Forecast for Saturday
Cloudy periods. Moderate to fresh E/NE winds, easing by late morning before a
moderate SW'ly seabreeze develops during the afternoon.
Precis:      Cloudy periods.
City:        Min 15         Max 29
Mandurah:    Min 16         Max 28
Sunday       Shower or two.                         Min 18     Max 29
Monday       Shower or two.                         Min 17     Max 28
Tuesday      Partly cloudy.                         Min 17     Max 29
Wednesday    Sunny.                                 Min 16     Max 31
Thursday     Mostly sunny.                          Min 18     Max 31
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm WST Friday.

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