Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division

IDW15000

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division WA
for Saturday 8 August 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Saturday 8 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
Coastal Central West - North	25	25	High	100
Inland Central West - North	28	26	High	100
Coastal Central West - South	23	26	High	91
Inland Central West - South	23	22	High	100
Lower West Coast	14	0	High	17
Lower West Inland	15	0	High	14
Geographe	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Leeuwin	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Nelson	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Inland	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Coast	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Inland	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Upper Great Southern	12	0	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	12	0	Low-Moderate	100
Beaufort	10	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lakes	11	0	Low-Moderate	100
Mortlock	19	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	18	0	Low-Moderate	100
Avon	16	0	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	13	0	Low-Moderate	100

* 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.

Saturday

A significant cold front and associated rain band ahead of the front will approach the west coast of the State late Saturday. Gusty NE'ly winds ahead of the front.

District Weather Elements
for Saturday 8 August 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Saturday 8 August 2020.

District	TAL	cHaines	Prob Rain >5mm	1500m Wind (km/h)	3000m Wind (km/h)	Mix Height (m)
Coastal Central West - North	0	5	10	N 50	NNW 40	2200
Inland Central West - North	0	5	< 5	N 45	NNW 40	2300
Coastal Central West - South	0	6	5	N 45	NNW 45	1900
Inland Central West - South	0	6	< 5	N 45	NNW 40	2100
Lower West Coast	0	6	< 5	N 50	NNW 50	1300
Lower West Inland	0	6	< 5	N 45	NNW 45	1400
Geographe	0	8	< 5	N 55	NNW 55	1200
Leeuwin	0	9	< 5	N 55	N 40	1200
Nelson	0	8	< 5	N 55	N 40	1400
Stirling Coast	0	7	< 5	NNE 55	NNW 20	1700
Stirling Inland	0	6	< 5	NNE 55	NNW 25	1700
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	0	4	0	NE 45	NE 10	1800
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	0	4	0	NNE 40	NW 10	1900
Esperance Shire Coast	0	3	< 5	NE 30	NE 20	2000
Esperance Shire Inland	0	4	< 5	NE 25	ENE 20	2200
Upper Great Southern	0	6	< 5	NNE 55	NNW 40	1600
Roe	0	4	< 5	NNE 40	NW 20	1900
Beaufort	0	6	< 5	NNE 55	NNW 35	1600
Lakes	0	4	0	NNE 45	NNW 20	1800
Mortlock	0	5	< 5	NNE 45	NNW 40	2100
Ninghan	0	4	< 5	NNE 35	NW 25	2100
Avon	0	5	< 5	N 50	NNW 40	1700
Jilbadgie	0	4	< 5	NNE 40	NW 20	2000

Detailed District Forecast
for Saturday 8 August 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Saturday 8 August 2020.

	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	FFDI > 32 GFDI > 32			FFDI > 50 GFDI > 50			FFDI > 75 GFDI > 75			FFDI > 100 GFDI > 100
			%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours
			Coastal Central West - North	F	25	0			0			0			0
G	25	0				0			0			0
Inland Central West - North	F	28	0			0			0			0
	G	26	0			0			0			0
Coastal Central West - South	F	23	0			0			0			0
	G	26	0			0			0			0
Inland Central West - South	F	23	0			0			0			0
	G	22	0			0			0			0
Lower West Coast	F	14	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lower West Inland	F	15	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Geographe	F	8	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Leeuwin	F	5	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Nelson	F	7	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Coast	F	4	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Inland	F	6	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0

	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	FFDI > 32 GFDI > 32			FFDI > 50 GFDI > 50			FFDI > 75 GFDI > 75			FFDI > 100 GFDI > 100
			%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours
			Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	F	4	0			0			0			0
G	0	0				0			0			0
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	F	5	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Coast	F	4	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Inland	F	8	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Upper Great Southern	F	12	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Roe	F	12	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Beaufort	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lakes	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Mortlock	F	19	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Ninghan	F	18	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Avon	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Jilbadgie	F	13	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0