Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division

IDW15000

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division WA
for Thursday 16 August 2018

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Thursday 16 August 2018.

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	13	11	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - North	11	9	Low-Moderate	100
Coastal Central West - South	3	4	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - South	7	5	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Coast	3	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Inland	3	0	Low-Moderate	100
Geographe	2	0	Low-Moderate	100
Leeuwin	2	0	Low-Moderate	100
Nelson	2	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	9	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Inland	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	12	0	High	21
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	11	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Coast	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Inland	12	0	Low-Moderate	100
Upper Great Southern	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Beaufort	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lakes	9	0	Low-Moderate	100
Mortlock	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	10	0	Low-Moderate	100
Avon	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	8	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.

Thursday

A ridge lies across central parts of the state, while a weak cold front will slide across the south of the state during the day. Moderate to fresh west to northwesterlies ahead of the front will shift west to southwesterly in the wake of the front.

District Weather Elements
for Thursday 16 August 2018

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Thursday 16 August 2018.

District	TAL	cHaines	Prob Rain >5mm	1500m Wind (km/h)	3000m Wind (km/h)	Mix Height (m)
Coastal Central West - North	0	3	< 5	SSE 25	SW 15	1900
Inland Central West - North	0	3	0	SSE 20	WSW 15	1900
Coastal Central West - South	0	1	< 5	SSE 15	W 30	2000
Inland Central West - South	0	2	< 5	S 15	W 30	2100
Lower West Coast	0	2	15	W 25	W 40	2000
Lower West Inland	0	1	15	W 25	W 40	2100
Geographe	0	2	25	W 45	W 45	1700
Leeuwin	0	2	30	W 50	W 55	1600
Nelson	0	2	20	W 45	WSW 45	1900
Stirling Coast	0	3	20	W 55	W 60	2200
Stirling Inland	0	3	10	W 50	W 55	2300
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	0	3	< 5	W 40	W 50	2400
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	0	2	< 5	W 40	W 50	2500
Esperance Shire Coast	0	3	< 5	WNW 40	W 55	2300
Esperance Shire Inland	0	3	< 5	WNW 35	W 50	2500
Upper Great Southern	0	2	10	W 40	W 40	2200
Roe	0	2	< 5	W 35	W 45	2300
Beaufort	0	2	10	W 50	W 50	2100
Lakes	0	2	< 5	W 40	W 45	2400
Mortlock	0	2	< 5	WSW 15	W 35	2200
Ninghan	0	2	0	WSW 15	W 35	2300
Avon	0	1	< 5	W 25	W 40	2200
Jilbadgie	0	1	< 5	W 25	W 45	2300

Detailed District Forecast
for Thursday 16 August 2018

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Thursday 16 August 2018.

	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	13	0			0			0			0
G	11	0				0			0			0
Inland Central West - North	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	9	0			0			0			0
Coastal Central West - South	F	3	0			0			0			0
	G	4	0			0			0			0
Inland Central West - South	F	7	0			0			0			0
	G	5	0			0			0			0
Lower West Coast	F	3	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lower West Inland	F	3	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Geographe	F	2	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Leeuwin	F	2	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Nelson	F	2	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Coast	F	9	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Inland	F	8	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	12	0			0			0			0
G	0	0				0			0			0
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Coast	F	8	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Inland	F	12	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Upper Great Southern	F	4	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	5	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lakes	F	9	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Mortlock	F	6	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Ninghan	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Avon	F	5	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Jilbadgie	F	8	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0