Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division

IDW15000

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division WA
for Thursday 13 March 2014

Issued at 4:11 pm WST on Wednesday 12 March 2014.

Forecasts are issued regularly: Please ensure you have the latest version.

Summary

District	District GFDI	District Rating	Percent Coverage
Coastal Central West - North	25	High	99
Inland Central West - North	27	High	100
Coastal Central West - South	19	High	80
Inland Central West - South	33	Very High	20
Lower West Coast	17	High	48
Lower West Inland	11	Low-Moderate	100
Geographe	13	High	25
Leeuwin	9	Low-Moderate	99
Nelson	8	Low-Moderate	100
Stirling Coast	6	Low-Moderate	98
Stirling Inland	7	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	7	Low-Moderate	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	12	High	25
Esperance Shire Coast	14	High	44
Esperance Shire Inland	13	High	22
Upper Great Southern	10	Low-Moderate	100
Roe	9	Low-Moderate	100
Beaufort	9	Low-Moderate	100
Lakes	8	Low-Moderate	100
Mortlock	34	Very High	22
Ninghan	29	High	100
Avon	17	High	30
Jilbadgie	19	High	32

* 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.

Thursday

A trough through central parts of the SWLD will move east tomorrow to be in the Goldfields by evening. Moderate to fresh NE'ly winds will ease during the morning, shifting SW'ly following the trough. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected through central and eastern parts.

District Weather Elements
for Thursday 13 March 2014

Issued at 4:11 pm WST on Wednesday 12 March 2014.

District	TAL	Prob Rain >5mm
Coastal Central West - North	0	< 5
Inland Central West - North	1	< 5
Coastal Central West - South	1	< 5
Inland Central West - South	1	10
Lower West Coast	1	5
Lower West Inland	1	10
Geographe	1	10
Leeuwin	1	5
Nelson	1	15
Stirling Coast	1	20
Stirling Inland	1	20
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	1	20
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	1	15
Esperance Shire Coast	1	15
Esperance Shire Inland	1	15
Upper Great Southern	1	25
Roe	1	25
Beaufort	1	20
Lakes	1	20
Mortlock	1	10
Ninghan	1	15
Avon	1	15
Jilbadgie	1	15

Detailed District Forecast
for Thursday 13 March 2014

Issued at 4:11 pm WST on Wednesday 12 March 2014.

	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	GFDI > 32			GFDI > 50			GFDI > 75			GFDI > 100
	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours
Coastal Central West - North	G	25	0			0			0			0

Inland Central West - North	G	27	0			0			0			0

Coastal Central West - South	G	19	0			0			0			0

Inland Central West - South	G	33	20	13	4	0			0			0

Lower West Coast	G	17	0			0			0			0

Lower West Inland	G	11	0			0			0			0

Geographe	G	13	0			0			0			0

Leeuwin	G	9	0			0			0			0

Nelson	G	8	0			0			0			0

Stirling Coast	G	6	0			0			0			0

Stirling Inland	G	7	0			0			0			0

	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	GFDI > 32			GFDI > 50			GFDI > 75			GFDI > 100
	Fuel Type	Dist FDI	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours	%	Start	Hours
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	G	7	0			0			0			0

Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	G	12	0			0			0			0

Esperance Shire Coast	G	14	0			0			0			0

Esperance Shire Inland	G	13	0			0			0			0

Upper Great Southern	G	10	0			0			0			0

Roe	G	9	0			0			0			0

Beaufort	G	9	0			0			0			0

Lakes	G	8	0			0			0			0

Mortlock	G	34	22	13	3	0			0			0

Ninghan	G	29	< 1	NA	NA	0			0			0

Avon	G	17	0			0			0			0

Jilbadgie	G	19	0			0			0			0

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division