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 31 January 2015

Issued at 4:04 pm WST on Friday 30 January 2015.

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

Summary

District	District GFDI	District Rating	Percent Coverage
Coastal Central West - North	36	Very High	25
Inland Central West - North	47	Very High	63
Coastal Central West - South	49	Very High	40
Inland Central West - South	46	Very High	46
Lower West Coast	23	High	100
Lower West Inland	23	High	100
Geographe	21	High	100
Leeuwin	23	High	100
Nelson	24	High	100
Stirling Coast	19	High	100
Stirling Inland	22	High	100
Ravensthorpe Shire Coast	17	High	98
Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	17	High	97
Esperance Shire Coast	16	High	57
Esperance Shire Inland	15	High	35
Upper Great Southern	26	High	100
Roe	25	High	100
Beaufort	25	High	100
Lakes	27	High	100
Mortlock	27	High	100
Ninghan	24	High	100
Avon	26	High	100
Jilbadgie	23	High	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.

Saturday

A ridge lies to the south of the state. A deep surface trough lies near the west coast. On Sunday and Monday the surface trough will move off the west coast and a high pressure system will lie south of the Bight.

District Weather Elements
for Saturday 31 January 2015

Issued at 4:04 pm WST on Friday 30 January 2015.

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

Detailed District Forecast
for Saturday 31 January 2015

Issued at 4:04 pm WST on Friday 30 January 2015.

	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	36	25	12	6	0			0			0

Inland Central West - North	G	47	63	10	9	5	11	5	0			0

Coastal Central West - South	G	49	40	10	9	9	12	6	0			0

Inland Central West - South	G	46	46	05	14	2	12	2	0			0

Lower West Coast	G	23	1	22	1	0			0			0

Lower West Inland	G	23	0			0			0			0

Geographe	G	21	0			0			0			0

Leeuwin	G	23	< 1	NA	NA	0			0			0

Nelson	G	24	0			0			0			0

Stirling Coast	G	19	1	12	4	0			0			0

Stirling Inland	G	22	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	17	0			0			0			0

Ravensthorpe Shire Inland	G	17	0			0			0			0

Esperance Shire Coast	G	16	0			0			0			0

Esperance Shire Inland	G	15	0			0			0			0

Upper Great Southern	G	26	0			0			0			0

Roe	G	25	0			0			0			0

Beaufort	G	25	0			0			0			0

Lakes	G	27	< 1	NA	NA	0			0			0

Mortlock	G	27	< 1	NA	NA	0			0			0

Ninghan	G	24	1	02	1	0			0			0

Avon	G	26	0			0			0			0

Jilbadgie	G	23	0			0			0			0

Fire Weather Forecast for Southwest Land Division