Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division

IDW15000

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division WA
for Saturday 22 February 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Saturday 22 February 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	10	9	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - North	9	10	Low-Moderate	100
Coastal Central West - South	10	11	Low-Moderate	100
Inland Central West - South	11	12	High	11
Lower West Coast	10	8	Low-Moderate	100
Lower West Inland	11	9	Low-Moderate	100
Geographe	12	9	Low-Moderate	100
Leeuwin	13	10	High	49
Nelson	10	8	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	16	12	High	45
Stirling Inland	19	16	High	54
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	20	13	High	80
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	20	13	High	67
Esperance Shire Coast	19	11	High	27
Esperance Shire Inland	16	10	High	69
Upper Great Southern	11	8	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	16	9	High	19
Beaufort	15	13	High	21
Lakes	14	10	High	10
Mortlock	11	10	Low-Moderate	100
Ninghan	16	18	High	75
Avon	13	9	Low-Moderate	100
Jilbadgie	16	12	High	23

* 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.

Saturday

A trough will lie near the west coast and will move inland for a period during Saturday evening. Thunderstorms possible through western and central parts, showers elsewhere.

District Weather Elements
for Saturday 22 February 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Saturday 22 February 2020.

District	TAL	cHaines	Prob Rain >5mm	1500m Wind (km/h)	3000m Wind (km/h)	Mix Height (m)
Coastal Central West - North	1	6	50	N 25	NNW 40	1400
Inland Central West - North	2	6	45	NNE 30	NW 40	1600
Coastal Central West - South	1	6	40	N 25	NW 30	1500
Inland Central West - South	1	6	35	N 30	NW 35	1700
Lower West Coast	1	5	25	N 25	NNW 35	1700
Lower West Inland	1	6	30	N 25	NNW 30	1700
Geographe	1	8	30	N 20	NNW 15	1900
Leeuwin	0	8	20	NE 15	NE 10	2300
Nelson	0	7	30	NNE 20	NW 15	1900
Stirling Coast	0	7	20	N 10	WNW 20	2200
Stirling Inland	0	7	25	N 10	WNW 20	2500
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	0	6	20	NW 10	WNW 30	2200
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	0	6	20	NW 10	WNW 30	2600
Esperance Shire Coast	0	5	< 5	NNW 10	WNW 30	2000
Esperance Shire Inland	0	6	< 5	NNW 10	WNW 30	2400
Upper Great Southern	1	7	25	NE 30	NNW 30	1600
Roe	0	6	20	NNW 25	NW 30	2400
Beaufort	0	7	30	NNE 20	NW 20	2200
Lakes	0	7	30	NNW 15	NW 30	2300
Mortlock	1	6	25	NNE 30	NW 35	1600
Ninghan	1	6	20	N 30	N 30	1800
Avon	1	6	25	N 30	NNW 35	1800
Jilbadgie	0	6	20	N 25	N 30	2400

Detailed District Forecast
for Saturday 22 February 2020

Issued at 4:30 am WST on Saturday 22 February 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	10	0			0			0			0
G	9	0				0			0			0
Inland Central West - North	F	9	0			0			0			0
	G	10	0			0			0			0
Coastal Central West - South	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	11	0			0			0			0
Inland Central West - South	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	12	0			0			0			0
Lower West Coast	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	8	0			0			0			0
Lower West Inland	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	9	0			0			0			0
Geographe	F	12	0			0			0			0
	G	9	0			0			0			0
Leeuwin	F	13	0			0			0			0
	G	10	0			0			0			0
Nelson	F	10	0			0			0			0
	G	8	0			0			0			0
Stirling Coast	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	12	0			0			0			0
Stirling Inland	F	19	0			0			0			0
	G	16	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	20	0			0			0			0
G	13	0				0			0			0
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	F	20	0			0			0			0
	G	13	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Coast	F	19	0			0			0			0
	G	11	0			0			0			0
Esperance Shire Inland	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	10	0			0			0			0
Upper Great Southern	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	8	0			0			0			0
Roe	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	9	0			0			0			0
Beaufort	F	15	0			0			0			0
	G	13	0			0			0			0
Lakes	F	14	0			0			0			0
	G	10	0			0			0			0
Mortlock	F	11	0			0			0			0
	G	10	0			0			0			0
Ninghan	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	18	0			0			0			0
Avon	F	13	0			0			0			0
	G	9	0			0			0			0
Jilbadgie	F	16	0			0			0			0
	G	12	0			0			0			0