South West District

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Forecast issued at 4:25 pm WST on Tuesday 7 December 2021.

Weather Situation

A high pressure ridge lies south of the State with a trough deepening near the west coast. The trough will continue to deepen during Wednesday. then move inland during Thursday and further eastwards on Friday.

Forecast for the rest of Tuesday

Clear. Winds easterly 25 to 35 km/h increasing to 25 to 40 km/h in the late evening.

Wednesday 8 December

Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower in the morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds easterly 25 to 40 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 36.

Fire Danger
Geographe: High
Leeuwin: High
Nelson: High

Sun protection 8:10am to 4:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Wind easing. Partly cloudy. Bunbury 18 34
Cloud clearing. Busselton 17 34
Cloud clearing. Margaret River 16 32
Cloud clearing. Augusta 17 27
Partly cloudy. Bridgetown 14 35
Partly cloudy. Collie 15 36
Partly cloudy. Manjimup 14 34

Thursday 9 December

Very hot and mostly sunny. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h before dawn then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 39.

Friday 10 December

Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower near the south coast, near zero chance elsewhere. Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to around 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 29.

Saturday 11 December

Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:00 am WST Wednesday.

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