Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division

IDW15000

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division WA
for Friday 6 March 2015

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Thursday 5 March 2015.

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Summary

District	District GFDI	District Rating	Percent Coverage
Coastal Central West - North	10	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - North	12	High	12
Coastal Central West - South	12	High	13
Inland Central West - South	13	High	16
Lower West Coast	23	High	68
Lower West Inland	12	High	18
Geographe	19	High	85
Leeuwin	15	High	57
Nelson	13	High	19
Stirling Coast	9	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Inland	10	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	9	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	10	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Coast	11	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Inland	11	Low-Moderate	100
Upper Great Southern	9	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	9	Low-Moderate	100
Beaufort	12	High	11
Lakes	8	Low-Moderate	100
Mortlock	9	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	9	Low-Moderate	100
Avon	10	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	9	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.

Friday

A strong high pressure ridge will persist to the south of the state, maintaining mostly east to southeasterly winds, mild temperatures and fine conditions throughout the SWLD on Friday. Meanwhile, a broad rain band through the centre of the State will bring rain and the chance of thunderstorms to northern parts of the central west.

District Weather Elements
for Friday 6 March 2015

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Thursday 5 March 2015.

District	TAL	Prob Rain >5mm
Coastal Central West - North	1	10
Inland Central West - North	1	10
Coastal Central West - South	1	< 5
Inland Central West - South	1	< 5
Lower West Coast	0	0
Lower West Inland	0	0
Geographe	0	0
Leeuwin	0	0
Nelson	0	0
Stirling Coast	0	0
Stirling Inland	0	0
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	0	0
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	0	0
Esperance Shire Coast	0	0
Esperance Shire Inland	0	0
Upper Great Southern	0	0
Roe	0	0
Beaufort	0	0
Lakes	0	0
Mortlock	0	0
Ninghan	1	< 5
Avon	0	0
Jilbadgie	0	0

Detailed District Forecast
for Friday 6 March 2015

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Thursday 5 March 2015.

	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	GFDI > 32			GFDI > 50			GFDI > 75			GFDI > 100
	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours
Coastal Central West - North	G	10	0			0			0			0

Inland Central West - North	G	12	0			0			0			0

Coastal Central West - South	G	12	0			0			0			0

Inland Central West - South	G	13	0			0			0			0

Lower West Coast	G	23	0			0			0			0

Lower West Inland	G	12	0			0			0			0

Geographe	G	19	0			0			0			0

Leeuwin	G	15	0			0			0			0

Nelson	G	13	0			0			0			0

Stirling Coast	G	9	0			0			0			0

Stirling Inland	G	10	0			0			0			0

	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	GFDI > 32			GFDI > 50			GFDI > 75			GFDI > 100
	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	G	9	0			0			0			0

Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	G	10	0			0			0			0

Esperance Shire Coast	G	11	0			0			0			0

Esperance Shire Inland	G	11	0			0			0			0

Upper Great Southern	G	9	0			0			0			0

Roe	G	9	0			0			0			0

Beaufort	G	12	0			0			0			0

Lakes	G	8	0			0			0			0

Mortlock	G	9	0			0			0			0

Ninghan	G	9	0			0			0			0

Avon	G	10	0			0			0			0

Jilbadgie	G	9	0			0			0			0

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division