Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division

IDW15000

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division WA
for Wednesday 28 September 2016

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Tuesday 27 September 2016.

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	18	0	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - North	19	0	Low-Moderate	100
Coastal Central West - South	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - South	14	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Coast	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Inland	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Geographe	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Leeuwin	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Nelson	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Inland	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Coast	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Inland	11	0	Low-Moderate	100
Upper Great Southern	6	0	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Beaufort	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lakes	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Mortlock	11	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	16	0	Low-Moderate	100
Avon	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	10	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.

Wednesday

A ridge will extend through much of southern and western WA during Wednesday, though gusty onshore winds will bring showers and the slight chance of hail and thunderstorms to the Esperance coast.

District Weather Elements
for Wednesday 28 September 2016

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Tuesday 27 September 2016.

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	< 5
Lower West Inland	0	0
Geographe	0	< 5
Leeuwin	0	< 5
Nelson	0	0
Stirling Coast	0	5
Stirling Inland	0	< 5
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	1	15
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	0	5
Esperance Shire Coast	1	40
Esperance Shire Inland	1	15
Upper Great Southern	0	0
Roe	0	< 5
Beaufort	0	< 5
Lakes	0	0
Mortlock	0	0
Ninghan	0	0
Avon	0	0
Jilbadgie	0	< 5

Detailed District Forecast
for Wednesday 28 September 2016

Issued at 4:00 pm WST on Tuesday 27 September 2016.

	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	18	0			0			0			0
G	0	0				0			0			0
Inland Central West - North	F	19	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Coastal Central West - South	F	7	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Inland Central West - South	F	14	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lower West Coast	F	5	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lower West Inland	F	5	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Geographe	F	4	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Leeuwin	F	4	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Nelson	F	4	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Coast	F	6	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Inland	F	6	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	7	0			0			0			0
G	0	0				0			0			0
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	F	7	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	11	0			0			0			0
	G	0	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	5	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lakes	F	7	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Mortlock	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Ninghan	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Avon	F	7	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Jilbadgie	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0