Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Sep 27/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Western Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning summary
Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters from Jurien Bay to Cape Leeuwin and from
Albany to the S.A. Border.
Warning for Sheep Farmers for central and eastern parts of the Southwest Land
Division.
Forecast for Thursday  evening
Southwest, Great Southern, South Coastal and Southeast Coastal districts:
Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms and small hail easing for inland
parts towards evening. Possible snow showers about the peaks of the Stirling
Ranges.
Lower West, southern parts of the Central Wheatbelt and the far southern
Goldfields: Scattered showers and small hail easing and contracting to coastal
parts during the evening.
Southern Central West, far southwest Gascoyne, remaining central and southern
Goldfields and the Eucla: Isolated showers contracting to the Eucla and the
adjacent Goldfields by evening.
Interior: Isolated showers and thunderstorms through central parts. Isolated
showers in the far south clearing during the evening.
Northern Kimberley: Isolated showers and thunderstorms clearing this evening.
Forecast for Friday
Southern coastal parts of the SW Land Division and adjacent areas: Isolated
showers tending scattered with small hail and possible coastal thunderstorms
over the Southeast Coastal district for a period in the morning.
Southern Eucla: Scattered showers tending isolated during the morning.
Central and northern Interior and the southern Kimberley: Isolated showers
extending into inland parts of the eastern Kimberley during the afternoon.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Thursday  evening
A few showers with possible small hail this afternoon, easing and clearing
during the evening. Fresh to strong and gusty S/SW winds, easing in the evening.
Precis:      Few showers, hail, easing.
Forecast for Friday
Partly cloudy. Light winds tending light to moderate SW'ly for a period in the
afternoon.
Precis:      Partly cloudy.
City:        Min 4       Max 18
Mandurah:    Min 8        Max 17
UV Alert:    9:10 am to 3:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: NOT RATED
Hills: NOT RATED
Saturday     Mostly sunny.                          Min 4      Max 20
Sunday       Sunny.                                 Min 7      Max 27
Monday       Sunny.                                 Min 13     Max 34
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 12     Max 26
Wednesday    Few showers easing.                    Min 12     Max 22
Thursday     Shower or two clearing.                Min 11     Max 22
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Friday.

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