Source: Bureau of Meteorology

for the Central Wheat Belt, Gascoyne, Inland Central West, Exmouth Gulf Coast, Goldfields, Roe and Lakes fire weather districts.

Issued at 3:58 pm WST on Thursday 24 February 2022.

Weather Situation
Very hot and dry conditions will continue over northern and western parts of Western Australia on Friday. A trough will extend from the central Gascoyne to the Great Southern district with fresh and gusty northeast to northwest winds to the east of the trough over the inland Gascoyne, Central Wheat Belt, inland Central West, western Goldfields and the eastern Great Southern. Winds to the west of the trough will tend south to southwesterly and become fresh and gusty during the afternoon over the western Gascoyne, far western Pilbara and the Central West districts.

For Friday 25 February:

Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather districts:
Gascoyne

Severe Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather districts:
Central Wheat Belt, Inland Central West, Exmouth Gulf Coast, Goldfields, Roe and Lakes

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises you to:
- Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
- Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station,
www.emergency.wa.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au.
- Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.dfes.wa.gov.au.


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