View the current warnings for Western Australia
Forecast updated at 5:56 pm WST on Friday 8 December 2023.
Weather Situation
Northern Western Australia
A broad low pressure of low pressure lies over inland parts of northern WA. The trough will be forced offshore from the Pilbara coast on Sunday and Monday as a strong high pressure system moves south of the State and extends a ridge through nearly the entire State. By early next week, the ridge will have contracted into the northern Kimberley as the southeasterly surges extend into southern and western parts of the Pilbara.
Southern and Central Western Australia
A trough over the Interior will continue contracting away to the northeast as a strong high pressure ridge develops over the region. The high will move south of the State and its associated ridge will extend through all of southern and central WA, bringing fresh and gusty southeasterly winds to most areas. The ridge will begin to gradually weaken during the early part of next week.
Forecast for the rest of Friday
Showers and thunderstorms over the Interior and Kimberley. Possible light showers over coastal parts from Albany to the South Australia border. Windy over the west and south coast with areas of blowing dust in the western part of the Pilbara.
Saturday 9 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley and Interior. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon over the inland Pilbara. Light showers over the coast and adjacent inland parts from Esperance eastward to the South Australia border. Windy over the inland Pilbara, Gascoyne, Goldfields, South Interior, Eucla, Central West and Lower West.
Sunday 10 December
Chance of showers over the Eucla and eastern South East Coastal District. Showers and thunderstorms over the Kimberley and adjacent northern North Interior, most likely through northern and eastern parts of the Kimberley. Windy conditions in the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Interior, Goldfields, Eucla, Central West and across the Darling Scarp.
Monday 11 December
Showers and thunderstorms over the north and east Kimberley. Showers over the Eucla, adjacent South Interior and mainly eastern and southern parts of the South East Coastal District. Windy conditions, especially in the morning, through the Pilbara, southern and western Kimberley, Interior, Gascoyne and Central West.
Tuesday 12 December
Showers in the Eucla and extending into adjacent parts of the South Interior and southeastern Goldfields. Light showers possible in the South East Coastal District. Showers and thunderstorms limited to northern parts of the Kimberley. Not as windy through central and northern parts of the State, although still breezy in the morning for the eastern Pilbara, North Interior and southern and western Kimberley.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am WST Saturday.
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