Pilbara East Coastal Waters Forecast: Wallal to Cape Preston

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Forecast updated at 8:10 am WST on Tuesday 14 January 2025.

Weather Situation

A broad low pressure trough lies inland from the coast while a ridge to the southwest brings a fresh south to southwesterly flow to far western Pilbara waters. The monsoon may develop in the Timor Sea towards the end of the week, with the chance of a tropical low developing in the vicinity of the Kimberley coast or Pilbara coast.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Winds
Variable below 10 knots.
Seas
Below 0.5 metres.
Swell
Westerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe.

Wednesday 15 January

Winds
West to northwesterly about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Westerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Thursday 16 January

Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Westerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.

Please be awareWind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.

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The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:00 pm WST Tuesday.

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