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Satellite image. WA Thu 9:00 am WST

Western Australia

Thu 9:00 am WST

A band of cloud across the far eastern interior of WA as tropical moisture is sucked south into a trough is triggering showers and thunderstorms. Streaks of high cloud over the west coast in jetstream winds are not causing any rain. Low cloud in the southeast is bringing drizzle.

Coastal wind warning

Issued at 10:12AM on Thursday 11 March 2010

Strong Wind Warning for Albany to Israelite Bay.

State Centres Forecast

Albany

Mostly sunny

16 - 30

Mostly sunny

Broome

Possible thunderstorm

27 - 34

Possible thunderstorm

Bunbury

Cloud increasing

19 - 34

Cloud increasing

Geraldton

Mostly sunny

23 - 41

Mostly sunny

Kalgoorlie

Sunny

16 - 31

Sunny

Karratha

Possible thunderstorm

27 - 37

Possible thunderstorm

Kununurra

Sunny

22 - 37

Sunny

Perth

Mostly sunny

22 - 38

Mostly sunny

Four Day Outlook

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Hot northeasterly winds pushing to the west coast. A few storms in tropics and inland Pilbara. Hot through the west with late humid change. Hot through interior and south. Storms in north. Late cool change in the west. Hot inland/southeast. Showers developing in the southwest. Storms and showers in the north and east. A few light showers in the southwest and cooler.

Yesterday's Temperature

Minimum: Eyre, WA 5.0°C
Maximum: Shark Bay, WA 35.5°C

Coastal Waters

Bremer Bay to Israelite Bay

E/NE winds 18/23 knots, reaching E'ly 20/30 knots during the afternoon and easing to 20/25 knots around midnight.  Sea: Up to 2.5 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Cape Leeuwin to Bremer Bay

West of Walpole: NE'ly 10/15 knots, tending NE/SE 5/10 knots early afternoon and E/SE 10/15 knots later in the afternoon. East of Walpole: NE winds 18/23 knots, reaching E'ly 20/30 knots east of Albany during the afternoon and easing to 20/25 knots around midnight.  Sea: Up to 2.5 m  Swell: Up to 2.0 m

Cape Preston to Northwest Cape

S/SE winds 10/15 knots, shifting SW/NW 10/15 knots during the afternoon and reaching SW 13/18 knots west of Onslow by late afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Carnarvon to Kalbarri

E/NE winds 10/15 knots, shifting W/NW 10/15 knots in the afternoon and W/SW 13/18 knots during the late afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Israelite Bay to Eucla

E/NE winds 18/23 knots, easing during the morning before shifting E/SE 18/23 knots during the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 2.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Kalbarri to Jurien Bay

NE'ly winds 10/15 knots, shifting NW 8/13 knots in the afternoon and becoming W/SW 10/15 knots during the late afternoon. Winds tending S/SE 10/15 knots in the evening.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Kuri Bay to Wallal

SE/NE winds 5/10 knots, tending N/NW 10/15 knots during the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 0.5 m

Kuri Bay to Wyndham

Southeast winds 10/15 knots. Inshore afternoon seabreezes 10/15 knots. Gusts to 40 knots with storms.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  

Mandurah to Cape Leeuwin

NE winds 13/18 knots easing to NE/SE 8/13 knots early afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.5 m

Northwest Cape to Carnarvon

S/SW 8/13 knots, tending S/SW 13/18 knots during the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Perth Local

NE winds 10/15 knots, easing to NE/SE 8/13 knots early afternoon and S/SW 10/15 knots later in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Perth Offshore

NE winds 10/15 knots, easing to NE/SE 8/13 knots early afternoon and S/SW 10/15 knots later in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 1.0 m

Wallal to Cape Preston

N/NE winds 10/15 knots tending SW/SE 10/15 knots west of Port Hedland. Winds then tending NE'ly 10/15 knots throughout in the afternoon.  Sea: Up to 1.0 m  Swell: Up to 0.5 m