Weather Warning

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Western Australia TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST Heatwave Warning Issued at 12:00 PM WST on Tuesday 21 January 2025 Valid for Tuesday 21 January 2025 to Friday 24 January 2025 Warning for the following areas: Central Wheat Belt Warning for the following areas: Pilbara, Gascoyne, Goldfields, North Interior, South Interior, Central West, Lower West, South West, South East Coastal and Great Southern Safety Advice:: Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone. Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell. Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre. Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home. If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool. Maximum temperatures ranging from the high thirties to the mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures mostly in the low to high twenties. Extreme heatwave conditions have developed about the Central Wheat Belt and are expected to ease slightly to Severe heatwave conditions by the end of the week. Severe heatwave conditions are expected to persist over much of the southern and inland WA this week, and gradually ease over the west coast by the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Perth Metropolitan Area, Carnarvon, Denham, Geraldton, Gingin, Kalgoorlie, Kalbarri, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Mandurah, Newman and Northam. The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Wednesday 22 January 2025