Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 25/12 - 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 Shark Bay to Cape Leeuwin.
Forecast for Thursday  evening
Kimberley, inland Pilbara, northern Interior and the inland Gascoyne: Isolated
showers and thunderstorms becoming scattered by the evening.
Southern coastal parts east of Esperance: Isolated showers or drizzle patches.
Forecast for Friday
Southern Kimberley, eastern Pilbara and the northern Interior, extending to the
northern and central Gascoyne, far northern Central West, remaining inland
Pilbara, far northern Goldfields and the remaining Kimberley during the
afternoon and evening: Isolated showers and gusty thunderstorms.
Southern coastal parts east of Esperance: Isolated morning showers or drizzle
patches.
Perth Forecast
Warning summary
Nil.
Forecast for Thursday  evening
Clear. Moderate to fresh easterly winds tending south to southeasterly near the
coast for a period this afternoon.
Precis:      Clear.
Forecast for Friday
Sunny. Moderate to fresh easterly winds, gusty for a period in the morning,
shifting moderate southerly near the coast for a period late afternoon.
Precis:      Sunny. Windy morning.
City:        Min 12        Max 29
Mandurah:    Min 13         Max 29
UV Alert:    8:20 am to 3:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High]
Fire Danger: Coastal Plain: NOT RATED
Hills: NOT RATED
Saturday     Mostly sunny.                          Min 15     Max 35
Sunday       Partly cloudy.                         Min 16     Max 34
Monday       Cloudy periods.                        Min 13     Max 24
Tuesday      Cloudy periods.                        Min 12     Max 22
Wednesday    Cloudy periods.                        Min 11     Max 25
Thursday     Shower or two. Storm risk.             Min 13     Max 24
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Friday.

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