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 29 September 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Tuesday 29 September 2020.

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	16	3	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - North	20	3	Low-Moderate	100
Coastal Central West - South	9	2	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - South	20	3	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Coast	5	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Inland	7	0	Low-Moderate	100
Geographe	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Leeuwin	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Nelson	4	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	9	0	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Inland	10	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	15	0	High	27
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	17	0	High	41
Esperance Shire Coast	12	0	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Inland	24	0	High	61
Upper Great Southern	10	0	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	16	0	High	19
Beaufort	8	0	Low-Moderate	100
Lakes	16	0	Low-Moderate	100
Mortlock	18	0	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	24	0	Low-Moderate	100
Avon	14	0	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	19	0	High	12

* Ratings 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 of high pressure continues to lie through central parts of the State with light shower activity in the onshore flow across the southwest corner.

District Weather Elements
for Tuesday 29 September 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Tuesday 29 September 2020.

District	TAL	cHaines	Prob Rain >5mm	1500m Wind (km/h)	3000m Wind (km/h)	Mix Height (m)
Coastal Central West - North	0	7	0	SE 10	S 20	1600
Inland Central West - North	0	6	0	SW 10	SSW 25	1900
Coastal Central West - South	0	9	0	WSW 20	SW 35	1400
Inland Central West - South	0	9	0	WSW 25	SW 35	1800
Lower West Coast	0	6	< 5	W 35	WSW 60	1600
Lower West Inland	0	6	< 5	W 35	WSW 55	1600
Geographe	0	1	10	W 45	WSW 85	1600
Leeuwin	0	0	< 5	WNW 60	W 90	1600
Nelson	0	0	5	W 50	W 80	1600
Stirling Coast	0	1	< 5	WNW 60	W 95	1800
Stirling Inland	0	1	< 5	W 60	W 90	1800
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	0	6	< 5	WNW 45	WSW 80	2000
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	0	6	0	WNW 45	WSW 80	2100
Esperance Shire Coast	0	4	0	WNW 45	WSW 75	1800
Esperance Shire Inland	0	4	0	WNW 35	WSW 65	2300
Upper Great Southern	0	2	< 5	W 45	WSW 70	1700
Roe	0	6	0	W 40	WSW 65	1900
Beaufort	0	0	< 5	W 55	WSW 90	1700
Lakes	0	5	0	WNW 50	WSW 75	1900
Mortlock	0	8	0	WSW 25	WSW 40	1900
Ninghan	0	6	0	W 30	SW 45	2200
Avon	0	7	0	W 35	WSW 55	1800
Jilbadgie	0	8	0	W 35	WSW 60	1900

Detailed District Forecast
for Tuesday 29 September 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Tuesday 29 September 2020.

	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	16	0			0			0			0
G	3	0				0			0			0
Inland Central West - North	F	20	0			0			0			0
	G	3	0			0			0			0
Coastal Central West - South	F	9	0			0			0			0
	G	2	0			0			0			0
Inland Central West - South	F	20	0			0			0			0
	G	3	0			0			0			0
Lower West Coast	F	5	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	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	9	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Stirling Inland	F	10	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	15	0			0			0			0
G	0	0				0			0			0
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	F	17	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Coast	F	12	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Inland	F	24	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Upper Great Southern	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Roe	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Beaufort	F	8	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Lakes	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Mortlock	F	18	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Ninghan	F	24	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Avon	F	14	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0
Jilbadgie	F	19	0			0			0			0
	G	0	0			0			0			0