IDW15500
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
Fire Weather Forecast for Central and Eastern WA
for Thursday 21 September 2017
Issued at 4:30 am WST on Thursday 21 September 2017.
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 | 28 | 1 | Low-Moderate | 100 | |
| Gascoyne Inland | 67 | 5 | Low-Moderate | 100 | |
| Goldfields | 60 | 5 | Severe | 48 | Y |
| Eucla | 51 | 4 | Severe | 11 | Y |
| South Interior | 3 | Low-Moderate | 100 |
* Ratings information 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.
Thursday
A cold front with a surface trough will moves over the southwest of the state during Thursday. Strong NW'ly to WNW'ly winds ahead of the front will bring dry and hot air to the Goldfields and Eucla .
District Weather Elements
for Thursday 21 September 2017
Issued at 4:30 am WST on Thursday 21 September 2017.
| District | TAL | cHaines | Prob Rain >5mm | 1500m Wind (km/h) | 3000m Wind (km/h) | Mix Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gascoyne Coast | 0 | 11 | < 5 | W 45 | WNW 55 | 1400 |
| Gascoyne Inland | 0 | 12 | < 5 | WNW 45 | WNW 55 | 3600 |
| Goldfields | 0 | 11 | < 5 | WNW 60 | WNW 80 | 3600 |
| Eucla | 0 | 10 | 0 | NW 40 | WNW 65 | 3000 |
| South Interior | 0 | 12 | 0 | WNW 35 | WNW 50 | 3700 |
Detailed District Forecast
for Thursday 21 September 2017
Issued at 4:30 am WST on Thursday 21 September 2017.
| 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 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gascoyne Inland | F | 67 | 87 | 11 | 9 | 64 | 12 | 6 | < 1 | NA | NA | 0 | ||
| G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goldfields | F | 60 | 95 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eucla | F | 51 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| South Interior | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||