IDW15500
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
Fire Weather Forecast for Central and Eastern WA
for Sunday 16 August 2020
Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Saturday 15 August 2020.
Forecasts are issued regularly: Please ensure you have the latest version.
Summary
| District | District FFDI | District GFDI | District Rating | Percent Coverage | Fire Weather Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gascoyne Coast | 12 | 17 | High | 89 | |
| Gascoyne Inland | 17 | 22 | High | 82 | |
| Goldfields | 22 | 2 | High | 22 | |
| Eucla | 42 | 47 | Very High | 53 | |
| South Interior | 55 | Severe | 21 | Y |
* Ratings are provided in conjunction with Fire Authorities.
* District FDI is the representative peak FDI in the district for that fuel type. 10% of the district has a max FDI higher than this value.
* Percent Coverage is the percentage of the district that falls in or above the District Rating threshold.
Sunday
A cold front will move over the Gascoyne and Goldfields during the morning, extending into the Eucla during the day. Fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds tending west to southwesterly in the wake of the front. Winds in the Eucla district north to northeasterly during the morning. Showers contracting to the south of the state during the day. A severe FDR forecast for the South Interior.
District Weather Elements
for Sunday 16 August 2020
Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Saturday 15 August 2020.
| District | TAL | cHaines | Prob Rain >5mm | 1500m Wind (km/h) | 3000m Wind (km/h) | Mix Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gascoyne Coast | 0 | 2 | 30 | SW 30 | WNW 80 | 2100 |
| Gascoyne Inland | 0 | 4 | 15 | WSW 40 | WNW 90 | 2300 |
| Goldfields | 0 | 9 | 10 | W 55 | WNW 100 | 2200 |
| Eucla | 0 | 10 | < 5 | NW 70 | NW 85 | 1600 |
| South Interior | 0 | 10 | < 5 | NW 50 | WNW 70 | 2400 |
Detailed District Forecast
for Sunday 16 August 2020
Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Saturday 15 August 2020.
| Fuel Type | Dist FDI | FFDI > 32 GFDI > 32 |
FFDI > 50 GFDI > 50 |
FFDI > 75 GFDI > 75 |
FFDI > 100 GFDI > 100 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Start | Hours | % | Start | Hours | % | Start | Hours | % | Start | Hours | |||
| Gascoyne Coast | F | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gascoyne Inland | F | 17 | < 1 | NA | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goldfields | F | 22 | < 1 | NA | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eucla | F | 42 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| G | 47 | 60 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| South Interior | G | 55 | 75 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||