Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division

IDW15000

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division WA
for Sunday 18 April 2021

Issued at 4:47 am WST on Sunday 18 April 2021.

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	27	26	High	100
Inland Central West - North	22	17	High	97
Coastal Central West - South	27	24	High	94
Inland Central West - South	24	15	High	60
Lower West Coast	28	22	High	81
Lower West Inland	24	13	High	50
Geographe	10	10	Low-Moderate	100
Leeuwin	6	5	Low-Moderate	100
Nelson	8	7	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	10	5	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Inland	12	6	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	13	5	High	17
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	15	6	High	41
Esperance Shire Coast	11	5	Low-Moderate	100
Esperance Shire Inland	13	6	High	19
Upper Great Southern	14	2	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	16	5	High	19
Beaufort	11	4	Low-Moderate	100
Lakes	15	5	High	12
Mortlock	20	11	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	18	12	High	25
Avon	19	7	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	17	8	High	11

* 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.

Sunday

A high will be centred south of the SA-WA border. A broad trough will lie near the west coast. Mainly light winds.

District Weather Elements
for Sunday 18 April 2021

Issued at 4:47 am WST on Sunday 18 April 2021.

District	TAL	cHaines	Prob Rain >5mm	1500m Wind (km/h)	3000m Wind (km/h)	Mix Height (m)
Coastal Central West - North	0	9	< 5	SE 25	NNE 20	3400
Inland Central West - North	0	9	< 5	ENE 20	NNE 15	3500
Coastal Central West - South	0	9	0	E 15	E 10	2700
Inland Central West - South	0	9	0	ENE 15	NNW 15	3000
Lower West Coast	0	6	0	E 10	NW 10	2300
Lower West Inland	0	6	0	ENE 10	ENE 10	2400
Geographe	0	5	0	SW 10	W 15	1800
Leeuwin	0	6	0	WNW 15	W 20	1800
Nelson	0	4	0	WNW 10	W 15	2000
Stirling Coast	0	4	0	WNW 20	W 20	1800
Stirling Inland	0	4	0	WNW 15	W 20	2100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	0	4	0	NW 20	WSW 15	2100
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	0	4	0	NW 10	SSW 10	2500
Esperance Shire Coast	0	4	0	WNW 15	SSW 15	2200
Esperance Shire Inland	0	4	0	WNW 10	SW 10	2500
Upper Great Southern	0	5	0	ENE 5	WNW 10	2300
Roe	0	5	0	NE 5	SSE 10	2700
Beaufort	0	4	0	WNW 10	WSW 15	2000
Lakes	0	5	0	NW 5	SSW 10	2500
Mortlock	0	9	0	ENE 10	E 10	2700
Ninghan	0	9	0	NNE 15	ESE 10	2700
Avon	0	6	0	ENE 10	ENE 10	2500
Jilbadgie	0	6	0	ENE 10	ESE 15	2600

Detailed District Forecast
for Sunday 18 April 2021

Issued at 4:47 am WST on Sunday 18 April 2021.

	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	27	0			0			0			0
G	26	< 1		NA	NA	0			0			0
Inland Central West - North	F	22	0			0			0			0
	G	17	0			0			0			0
Coastal Central West - South	F	27	0			0			0			0
	G	24	< 1	NA	NA	0			0			0
Inland Central West - South	F	24	0			0			0			0
	G	15	0			0			0			0
Lower West Coast	F	28	3	16	1	0			0			0
	G	22	< 1	NA	NA	0			0			0
Lower West Inland	F	24	< 1	NA	NA	0			0			0
	G	13	0			0			0			0
Geographe	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	10	0			0			0			0
Leeuwin	F	6	0			0			0			0
	G	5	0			0			0			0
Nelson	F	8	0			0			0			0
	G	7	0			0			0			0
Stirling Coast	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	5	0			0			0			0
Stirling Inland	F	12	0			0			0			0
	G	6	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	13	0			0			0			0
G	5	0				0			0			0
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	F	15	0			0			0			0
	G	6	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Coast	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	5	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Inland	F	13	0			0			0			0
	G	6	0			0			0			0
Upper Great Southern	F	14	0			0			0			0
	G	2	0			0			0			0
Roe	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	5	0			0			0			0
Beaufort	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	4	0			0			0			0
Lakes	F	15	0			0			0			0
	G	5	0			0			0			0
Mortlock	F	20	0			0			0			0
	G	11	0			0			0			0
Ninghan	F	18	0			0			0			0
	G	12	0			0			0			0
Avon	F	19	0			0			0			0
	G	7	0			0			0			0
Jilbadgie	F	17	0			0			0			0
	G	8	0			0			0			0