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 24 October 2017

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Tuesday 24 October 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
Coastal Central West - North	20	4	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - North	27	4	Low-Moderate	100
Coastal Central West - South	9	1	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - South	27	1	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Coast	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Inland	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Geographe	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Leeuwin	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Nelson	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	3	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Inland	6	1	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	2	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	3	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Coast	2	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Inland	5	5	Low-Moderate	100
Upper Great Southern	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Beaufort	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lakes	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Mortlock	23	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	28	0	Low-Moderate	100
Avon	12	0	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	19	0	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

Light to moderate southeast to southwest winds generally prevail over the southwest of the State.

District Weather Elements
for Tuesday 24 October 2017

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Tuesday 24 October 2017.

District	TAL	cHaines	Prob Rain >5mm	1500m Wind (km/h)	3000m Wind (km/h)	Mix Height (m)
Coastal Central West - North	0	10	< 5	WNW 10	W 30	1500
Inland Central West - North	0	10	0	WSW 10	W 35	2300
Coastal Central West - South	0	10	< 5	WNW 10	W 35	1500
Inland Central West - South	0	10	< 5	WSW 15	W 35	2100
Lower West Coast	0	9	< 5	W 10	W 35	1500
Lower West Inland	0	9	< 5	WSW 10	W 35	1800
Geographe	0	6	< 5	W 10	W 40	1700
Leeuwin	0	4	< 5	NW 10	W 45	1800
Nelson	0	5	< 5	W 10	W 40	2100
Stirling Coast	0	3	15	NW 20	W 40	2000
Stirling Inland	0	3	10	WNW 20	W 45	2300
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	0	3	15	WNW 25	W 40	2100
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	0	3	10	WNW 15	WNW 35	2300
Esperance Shire Coast	0	5	10	WNW 20	WNW 45	1600
Esperance Shire Inland	0	5	5	WNW 15	WNW 50	2300
Upper Great Southern	0	4	< 5	W 15	W 35	2300
Roe	0	3	5	W 15	WNW 30	2600
Beaufort	0	3	< 5	W 15	W 45	2300
Lakes	0	3	10	W 15	W 35	2400
Mortlock	0	9	< 5	WSW 15	W 35	2300
Ninghan	0	8	< 5	W 20	WNW 35	3200
Avon	0	6	< 5	WSW 15	W 35	2200
Jilbadgie	0	5	< 5	W 20	WNW 30	2800

Detailed District Forecast
for Tuesday 24 October 2017

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Tuesday 24 October 2017.

	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	20	0			0			0			0
G	4	0				0			0			0
Inland Central West - North	F	27	0			0			0			0
	G	4	0			0			0			0
Coastal Central West - South	F	9	0			0			0			0
	G	1	0			0			0			0
Inland Central West - South	F	27	0			0			0			0
	G	1	0			0			0			0
Lower West Coast	F	6	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lower West Inland	F	7	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Geographe	F	5	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	6	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Coast	F	3	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Inland	F	6	0			0			0			0
	G	1	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	2	0			0			0			0
G	0	0				0			0			0
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	F	3	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Coast	F	2	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Inland	F	5	0			0			0			0
	G	5	0			0			0			0
Upper Great Southern	F	6	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Roe	F	8	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Beaufort	F	7	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lakes	F	6	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Mortlock	F	23	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Ninghan	F	28	< 1	NA	NA	0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Avon	F	12	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Jilbadgie	F	19	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0