Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division

IDW15000

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division WA
for Tuesday 22 April 2014

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Monday 21 April 2014.

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Summary

District	District GFDI	District Rating	Percent Coverage
Coastal Central West - North	17	High	99
Inland Central West - North	17	High	76
Coastal Central West - South	19	High	68
Inland Central West - South	12	High	20
Lower West Coast	10	Low-Moderate	95
Lower West Inland	9	Low-Moderate	100
Geographe	5	Low-Moderate	100
Leeuwin	4	Low-Moderate	99
Nelson	5	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	5	Low-Moderate	98
Stirling Inland	5	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	6	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	6	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Coast	7	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Inland	6	Low-Moderate	100
Upper Great Southern	6	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	7	Low-Moderate	100
Beaufort	6	Low-Moderate	100
Lakes	6	Low-Moderate	100
Mortlock	8	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	9	Low-Moderate	100
Avon	6	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	5	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.

Tuesday

A ridge continues to strengthen over the south of the state and will move further eastwards throughout Tuesday. A surface trough will begin to develop inland from the west coast and will extend down to southern parts of the state ahead of a weak frontal feature that will brush southern coastal parts late on Tuesday evening.

District Weather Elements
for Tuesday 22 April 2014

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Monday 21 April 2014.

District	TAL	Prob Rain >5mm
Coastal Central West - North	0	0
Inland Central West - North	0	0
Coastal Central West - South	0	0
Inland Central West - South	0	0
Lower West Coast	0	0
Lower West Inland	0	0
Geographe	0	0
Leeuwin	0	< 5
Nelson	0	0
Stirling Coast	0	< 5
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	0	0
Avon	0	0
Jilbadgie	0	0

Detailed District Forecast
for Tuesday 22 April 2014

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Monday 21 April 2014.

	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	17	0			0			0			0

Inland Central West - North	G	17	0			0			0			0

Coastal Central West - South	G	19	2	15	1	0			0			0

Inland Central West - South	G	12	0			0			0			0

Lower West Coast	G	10	0			0			0			0

Lower West Inland	G	9	0			0			0			0

Geographe	G	5	0			0			0			0

Leeuwin	G	4	0			0			0			0

Nelson	G	5	0			0			0			0

Stirling Coast	G	5	0			0			0			0

Stirling Inland	G	5	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	6	0			0			0			0

Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	G	6	0			0			0			0

Esperance Shire Coast	G	7	0			0			0			0

Esperance Shire Inland	G	6	0			0			0			0

Upper Great Southern	G	6	0			0			0			0

Roe	G	7	0			0			0			0

Beaufort	G	6	0			0			0			0

Lakes	G	6	0			0			0			0

Mortlock	G	8	0			0			0			0

Ninghan	G	9	0			0			0			0

Avon	G	6	0			0			0			0

Jilbadgie	G	5	0			0			0			0

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division