Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - May 4/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Friday    evening
Southwest of a line Bunbury to Hopetoun: Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms.
Remaining SW Land Division, Western Gascoyne, SW Goldfields and western Eucla:
Areas of rain with moderate to heavy falls possible about the Lower West, Great
Southern and adjacent parts.
Forecast for Saturday
Near the south coast between Cape Leeuwin and Israelite Bay: Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms easing during the afternoon and evening.
Remaining areas southwest of a line Geraldton to Norseman: Areas of rain easing
to isolated showers and contracting to the coast in the afternoon. .
Remaining far northeastern parts of the SW Land Division, the southern and
western Gascoyne and extending to the central western Goldfields in the evening:
Rain areas and isolated thunderstorms.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil
Forecast for Friday    evening
Rain periods, heavy at times with possible local flooding. Light to moderate
NE/NW winds.
Precis:      Rain periods.
Forecast for Saturday
Early showers and the risk of a thunderstorm, easing during the morning. A
shower or two continuing in the afternoon. Moderate W'ly winds.
Precis:      Early showers easing, storm risk.
City:        Min 13        Max 23
Mandurah:    Min 18        Max 23
UV Alert:    10:20 am to 2:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: NOT RATED
Hills: NOT RATED
Sunday       Shower or two.                         Min 13     Max 22
Monday       Shower or two increasing later.        Min 12     Max 22
Tuesday      Shower or two.                         Min 11     Max 21
Wednesday    Shower or two increasing later.        Min 12     Max 23
Thursday     Shower or two.                         Min 10     Max 22
Friday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 9      Max 20
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Saturday.

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