Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Western Australia
Fire Weather Forecast for Western Australia for Friday 29 September 2023
Issued at 4:30 am WST on Friday 29 September 2023.
Forecasts are issued regularly: Please ensure you have the latest version.
Summary
Fire Weather District
District Rating
Max Sub Area Rating
District FBI
cHaines
Wind Change Danger Index
TAL
Minor Fuel Type Rating >= Extreme
Wyndham-East Kimberley
Moderate
21
12
32
0
Derby Coast
Moderate
NA
21
12
71
0
Broome
Moderate
17
12
51
0
Derby/West Kimberley
High
25
12
45
0
Halls Creek
High
28
12
51
0
Central Pilbara
Moderate
NA
22
13
38
0
Port Hedland
High
29
13
46
0
Karratha
High
31
13
44
0
Ashburton
High
31
13
60
0
Ashburton Coast
High
NA
32
12
61
0
Y
Exmouth
High
38
12
61
0
East Pilbara
Moderate
21
13
36
0
Carnarvon
High
39
12
67
0
Shark Bay
High
35
11
50
0
Upper Gascoyne
High
39
13
88
0
Murchison
High
34
12
54
0
Yalgoo
High
34
12
47
0
Meekatharra
Moderate
19
13
21
0
Cue
High
27
12
34
0
Mount Magnet
High
30
12
42
0
Sandstone
Moderate
23
13
38
1
Leonora
Moderate
18
13
12
0
Coolgardie
High
36
12
42
1
Wiluna
Moderate
15
13
23
0
Ngaanyatjarraku
High
25
13
36
0
Laverton
High
24
13
21
0
Menzies
Moderate
19
13
31
1
Dundas
High
28
12
42
1
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Moderate
21
13
24
1
Northampton
High
33
11
34
0
Chapman Valley
High
38
11
0
0
Greater Geraldton
High
44
11
47
0
Mingenew
High
31
11
0
0
Morawa
Extreme
50
11
0
0
Perenjori
Extreme
51
11
37
0
Three Springs
High
27
11
0
0
Irwin
Moderate
12
11
5
0
Carnamah
High
27
11
33
0
Coorow
High
28
11
35
0
Dandaragan
Moderate
12
11
6
0
Victoria Plains
No Rating
7
12
35
0
Moora
Moderate
14
12
37
0
Wanneroo
No Rating
11
10
0
0
Joondalup
No Rating
8
10
0
0
Stirling
No Rating
9
10
0
0
Perth Inner North
No Rating
9
10
0
0
Gingin
No Rating
9
11
1
0
Chittering
Moderate
12
11
0
0
Swan
Moderate
12
11
0
0
Mundaring
Moderate
13
11
0
0
Toodyay
Moderate
18
12
0
0
Perth Inner South
No Rating
9
10
6
0
Gosnells
Moderate
13
10
4
0
Kwinana
Moderate
12
9
8
0
Cockburn
Moderate
12
10
1
0
Rockingham
Moderate
12
9
1
0
Mandurah
Moderate
12
8
0
0
Murray
Moderate
12
9
7
0
Kalamunda
Moderate
13
11
0
0
Armadale
Moderate
12
10
9
0
Serpentine-Jarrahdale
Moderate
12
10
7
0
Bunbury
Moderate
12
7
26
0
Capel
Moderate
13
7
0
0
Busselton
Moderate
12
8
0
0
Augusta Margaret River
Moderate
12
8
1
0
Waroona
Moderate
12
8
1
0
Harvey
Moderate
12
8
0
0
Dardanup
Moderate
13
7
0
0
Collie
Moderate
12
8
0
0
Donnybrook-Balingup
Moderate
13
6
0
0
Bridgetown-Greenbushes
Moderate
13
6
0
0
Boyup Brook
Moderate
12
5
0
0
Nannup
Moderate
12
8
6
0
Manjimup
Moderate
12
7
6
0
Dalwallinu
High
35
11
41
0
Koorda
Extreme
58
11
39
1
Wongan-Ballidu
Moderate
17
11
39
0
Mount Marshall
High
43
12
35
1
Mukinbudin
High
41
12
44
1
Westonia
High
35
12
38
1
Yilgarn
High
29
12
46
1
Goomalling
No Rating
10
12
37
0
Dowerin
Moderate
16
11
38
0
Wyalkatchem
Moderate
17
11
41
0
Northam
Moderate
13
11
0
0
Cunderdin
No Rating
8
11
38
0
Tammin
Moderate
15
11
41
0
Beverley
No Rating
9
11
0
0
York
No Rating
7
11
32
0
Quairading
No Rating
7
11
0
0
Bruce Rock
No Rating
10
11
36
1
Kellerberrin
Moderate
17
11
40
1
Merredin
Moderate
19
11
38
1
Narembeen
Moderate
13
11
37
1
Nungarin
High
28
11
34
1
Trayning
Moderate
22
11
38
1
Wandering
No Rating
10
10
6
0
Brookton
No Rating
7
11
1
0
Boddington
Moderate
13
9
1
0
Williams
No Rating
10
9
0
0
Pingelly
No Rating
6
11
33
0
Cuballing
No Rating
6
10
34
0
Narrogin
No Rating
6
10
0
0
Wickepin
No Rating
6
11
33
0
West Arthur
Moderate
12
8
0
0
Wagin
No Rating
6
10
0
0
Woodanilling
No Rating
6
9
0
0
Corrigin
No Rating
6
11
18
0
Kondinin
High
42
11
36
1
Kulin
Moderate
14
10
27
1
Dumbleyung
No Rating
6
10
29
0
Kent
No Rating
11
10
34
0
Lake Grace
High
31
10
37
1
Gnowangerup
No Rating
6
9
34
0
Broomehill-Tambellup
No Rating
6
8
30
0
Katanning
No Rating
6
9
23
0
Kojonup
No Rating
6
6
34
0
Cranbrook
No Rating
9
4
5
0
Plantagenet
No Rating
9
5
20
0
Denmark
No Rating
10
7
7
0
Albany
No Rating
9
6
15
0
Jerramungup
No Rating
6
10
23
0
Ravensthorpe
Moderate
12
10
35
1
Esperance Coast
No Rating
NA
7
11
22
1
Esperance
High
37
12
72
1
Note
Fire Weather District Ratings are provided in conjunction with Fire Authorities. District FBI (Fire Behaviour Index) is the representative peak FBI in the district. 10% of the Fire Weather District has a max FBI higher than this value. When the table is expanded the forecast elements in the expanded rows apply to the relevant Sub Area rather than district. Red cells indicate the value exceeds the weather alert threshold. For c-Haines this is the 95th percentile climatological value, for WCDI this is a value over 40, for Minor Fuel Type Rating this indicates Extreme or higher whilst the district rating is less than Extreme.
Friday
Possible showers and thunderstorms in the southern Goldfields and extending over adjacent coastal areas. A risk of thunderstorms with little to no precipitation extends from the southern Inland Gascoyne, through easternmost parts of the SWLD and to Israelite Bay. Tending cooler in southern and western parts of the SWLD but remaining very warm to hot in the northeast, as well as the Goldfields. Very hot conditions persisting through the inland Gascoyne and Pilbara. Moderate to fresh N to NE winds over eastern parts shifting W to SW over western parts.
Detailed Forecast for Friday 29 September 2023
Issued at 4:30 am WST on Friday 29 September 2023.
Fire Weather District
Fuel Type and Coverage
FBI
FBI >= 24
FBI >= 50
FBI >= 100
Cover (%)
From
Dur
Cover (%)
From
Dur
Cover (%)
From
Dur
North Kimberley
Woodland 50%
19
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Spinifex 41%
15
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Grassland 5%
33
3
0
24
0
0
Forest 0%
17
0
0
0
District Summary
4
0
24
0
0
Derby Coast
Woodland 58%
21
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Spinifex 32%
18
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Grassland 5%
34
3
10
10
0
0
District Summary
5
9
11
0
0
Broome Coast
Spinifex 69%
15
< 1
NA
NA
< 1
NA
NA
0
Woodland 25%
15
0
0
0
Grassland 6%
34
3
9
8
0
0
Shrubland 0%
15
0
0
0
District Summary
3
9
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
Kimberley Inland
Spinifex 61%
26
10
7
10
< 1
NA
NA
0
Woodland 33%
26
6
8
6
0
0
Grassland 5%
47
5
7
14
< 1
NA
NA
0
District Summary
20
7
13
< 1
NA
NA
0
Central Pilbara
Spinifex 74%
22
5
8
12
0
0
Woodland 22%
19
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Grassland 4%
33
1
8
12
0
0
District Summary
6
8
12
0
0
Hedland
Spinifex 92%
29
23
14
6
0
0
Woodland 3%
20
0
0
0
Grassland 0%
19
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
23
14
6
0
0
Burrup
Spinifex 86%
31
25
13
6
0
0
Woodland 6%
26
1
15
3
0
0
Grassland 2%
39
2
9
11
0
0
District Summary
28
9
11
0
0
Ashburton Inland
Spinifex 54%
31
10
7
17
< 1
NA
NA
0
Woodland 42%
28
11
9
15
0
0
Grassland 4%
42
3
7
17
< 1
NA
NA
0
District Summary
25
7
17
< 1
NA
NA
0
Ashburton Coast
Spinifex 68%
32
39
7
16
< 1
NA
NA
0
Woodland 20%
29
13
15
6
0
0
Grassland 4%
59
1
7
16
1
17
3
0
District Summary
53
7
16
2
17
3
0
Exmouth Gulf Coast
Spinifex 78%
38
41
8
14
2
15
5
0
Woodland 12%
37
13
9
12
0
0
Grassland 4%
58
3
8
14
< 1
NA
NA
0
Mallee Heath 0%
44
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Shrubland 0%
41
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
56
8
14
2
15
5
0
North Interior
Spinifex 97%
20
5
7
6
< 1
NA
NA
0
Grassland 1%
22
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Woodland 0%
21
0
0
0
Shrubland 0%
17
0
0
0
District Summary
6
7
6
< 1
NA
NA
0
Gascoyne Coast
Woodland 71%
37
62
9
13
0
0
Spinifex 11%
52
9
8
15
1
16
4
0
Grassland 7%
30
3
11
9
< 1
NA
NA
0
Shrubland 7%
29
3
13
7
0
0
Mallee Heath 0%
29
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
78
9
13
1
16
4
0
Gascoyne Inland
Woodland 93%
36
67
14
10
< 1
NA
NA
0
Grassland 4%
29
2
10
12
< 1
NA
NA
0
Spinifex 1%
73
1
7
17
< 1
NA
NA
0
Mallee Heath 0%
30
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Shrubland 0%
46
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
71
13
11
< 1
NA
NA
0
Yalgar
Woodland 78%
22
5
14
8
0
0
Spinifex 15%
25
2
12
12
0
0
Grassland 4%
25
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Shrubland 0%
42
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
8
9
15
0
0
North Goldfields
Woodland 59%
19
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Spinifex 28%
19
2
12
12
0
0
Grassland 8%
20
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Mallee Heath 2%
29
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Shrubland 1%
31
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
3
10
12
0
0
South Goldfields
Woodland 56%
22
3
13
5
0
0
Mallee Heath 21%
29
20
9
12
0
0
Shrubland 12%
39
7
9
10
0
0
Spinifex 4%
18
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Grassland 3%
22
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
31
9
11
0
0
West Interior
Spinifex 59%
16
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Woodland 31%
14
0
0
0
Grassland 9%
14
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Mallee Heath 0%
6
0
0
0
Shrubland 0%
10
0
0
0
District Summary
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Central Interior
Spinifex 77%
25
9
5
6
< 1
NA
NA
0
Woodland 21%
25
4
8
3
0
0
Grassland 1%
22
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Mallee Heath 0%
28
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Shrubland 0%
34
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
14
6
6
< 1
NA
NA
0
South Interior
Spinifex 53%
25
6
7
4
0
0
Woodland 33%
17
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Grassland 11%
13
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Mallee Heath 3%
28
3
7
4
0
0
District Summary
10
7
4
0
0
Eucla
Grassland 61%
20
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Mallee Heath 19%
28
16
7
14
0
0
Woodland 14%
13
0
0
0
Spinifex 5%
15
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
16
7
14
0
0
Midwest Coast
Grassland 60%
30
10
13
6
0
0
Shrubland 29%
24
4
15
3
0
0
Woodland 9%
18
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 2%
37
2
14
4
0
0
District Summary
16
13
5
0
0
Midwest Inland
Grassland 53%
50
29
12
8
6
14
4
0
Woodland 25%
34
19
14
5
0
0
Shrubland 15%
35
13
14
6
0
0
Mallee Heath 6%
30
6
13
7
0
0
Forest 0%
26
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
67
12
8
6
14
4
0
Lesueur
Shrubland 59%
12
0
0
0
Grassland 39%
8
0
0
0
Woodland 0%
6
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 0%
0
0
0
0
Forest 0%
9
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Yarra Yarra
Grassland 82%
19
5
12
7
< 1
NA
NA
0
Shrubland 14%
28
4
14
4
0
0
Woodland 2%
16
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Forest 1%
17
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 0%
39
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Pine 0%
17
0
0
0
District Summary
9
12
7
< 1
NA
NA
0
Swan Coastal North
Shrubland 46%
8
0
0
0
Grassland 25%
8
0
0
0
Woodland 18%
9
0
0
0
Forest 7%
12
0
0
0
Pine 2%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Swan Inland North
Grassland 47%
6
0
0
0
Forest 32%
18
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Shrubland 17%
10
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Woodland 3%
6
0
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Swan Coastal South
Woodland 41%
8
0
0
0
Grassland 34%
7
0
0
0
Forest 11%
13
0
0
0
Shrubland 9%
13
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Swan Inland South
Forest 87%
13
0
0
0
Grassland 8%
6
0
0
0
Woodland 4%
9
0
0
0
Shrubland 0%
9
0
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Geographe
Grassland 58%
6
0
0
0
Forest 25%
13
0
0
0
Woodland 7%
8
0
0
0
Shrubland 4%
12
0
0
0
Pine 3%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Capes
Forest 49%
12
0
0
0
Grassland 36%
6
0
0
0
Shrubland 8%
13
0
0
0
Woodland 5%
6
0
0
0
Pine 2%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Brockman
Forest 83%
12
0
0
0
Grassland 14%
6
0
0
0
Pine 1%
6
0
0
0
Woodland 0%
3
0
0
0
Shrubland 0%
13
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Blackwood
Forest 57%
13
0
0
0
Grassland 40%
6
0
0
0
Pine 2%
6
0
0
0
Woodland 0%
6
0
0
0
Shrubland 0%
11
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Southern Forests
Forest 73%
12
0
0
0
Shrubland 17%
12
0
0
0
Grassland 8%
7
0
0
0
Woodland 0%
8
0
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Mortlock
Grassland 84%
36
22
12
8
3
15
3
0
Woodland 9%
25
1
14
5
0
0
Shrubland 2%
47
1
13
7
0
0
Mallee Heath 1%
47
1
13
7
0
0
District Summary
26
12
8
3
15
3
0
Karroun
Grassland 33%
39
10
12
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
Woodland 25%
19
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Mallee Heath 22%
30
22
10
12
0
0
Shrubland 17%
42
6
12
8
0
0
Spinifex 1%
45
1
13
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
Forest 0%
22
0
0
0
District Summary
40
10
11
< 1
NA
NA
0
Avon
Grassland 89%
9
2
11
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
Forest 9%
15
0
0
0
Woodland 1%
10
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 0%
34
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Shrubland 0%
38
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
2
11
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
Lockwood
Grassland 95%
17
4
12
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
Woodland 3%
12
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Shrubland 1%
30
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Spinifex 0%
22
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 0%
43
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
District Summary
5
12
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
Arthur
Grassland 77%
6
0
0
0
Forest 20%
13
0
0
0
Woodland 2%
6
0
0
0
Shrubland 0%
20
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Pine 0%
7
0
0
0
District Summary
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Roe
Grassland 72%
8
< 1
NA
NA
< 1
NA
NA
0
Mallee Heath 19%
42
20
12
7
0
0
Shrubland 6%
36
4
13
5
0
0
Woodland 3%
23
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Forest 0%
12
0
0
0
District Summary
25
12
7
< 1
NA
NA
0
Lakes
Grassland 73%
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Mallee Heath 13%
38
7
13
5
0
0
Shrubland 9%
31
4
14
4
0
0
Woodland 4%
14
0
0
0
Forest 0%
14
0
0
0
District Summary
12
13
5
0
0
Stirling North
Grassland 92%
6
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 3%
6
0
0
0
Forest 3%
6
0
0
0
Woodland 2%
6
0
0
0
Shrubland 0%
9
0
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Stirling West
Grassland 64%
6
0
0
0
Forest 23%
11
0
0
0
Shrubland 6%
9
0
0
0
Woodland 4%
8
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 3%
1
0
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Stirling Coast
Grassland 41%
7
0
0
0
Forest 32%
10
0
0
0
Shrubland 16%
12
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 9%
0
0
0
0
Woodland 1%
7
0
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Fitzgerald Coast
Mallee Heath 56%
6
0
0
0
Grassland 38%
6
0
0
0
Shrubland 5%
8
0
0
0
Forest 1%
7
0
0
0
Woodland 0%
7
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Fitzgerald Inland
Grassland 56%
8
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Mallee Heath 36%
10
2
14
3
0
0
Shrubland 6%
20
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Woodland 2%
14
0
0
0
Forest 0%
28
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
3
14
4
0
0
Esperance Coast
Grassland 59%
6
0
0
0
Mallee Heath 26%
6
0
0
0
Shrubland 6%
11
0
0
0
Forest 6%
7
0
0
0
Woodland 0%
8
0
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
0
0
0
Esperance Inland
Mallee Heath 52%
39
38
8
11
0
0
Woodland 22%
23
1
14
3
0
0
Grassland 21%
15
< 1
NA
NA
< 1
NA
NA
0
Shrubland 4%
39
2
8
10
0
0
Spinifex 0%
28
< 1
NA
NA
0
0
Pine 0%
6
0
0
0
District Summary
41
8
11
< 1
NA
NA
0
Weather Information
for Friday 29 September 2023
Issued at 4:30 am WST on Friday 29 September 2023.
