Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for Damaging Winds And Large Hailstones
for Central West, Central Wheat Belt and parts of Lower West, Gascoyne, Goldfields and Great Southern districts.
Issued at 10:20 pm Wednesday, 16 April 2025.
Severe thunderstorms are occurring in the southern Gascoyne, Central Wheat Belt and Central West tonight.
Weather Situation
An upper trough to the west of Western Australia is supporting severe thunderstorms through the southern Gascoyne, Central Wheat Belt and Central West this evening.
Warnings for Wednesday 16 April
DAMAGING WINDS and LARGE HAILSTONES for the following areas:
Gascoyne, Goldfields, Central West, Lower West, Great Southern and Central Wheat Belt
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Merredin, Moora, Morawa, Paynes Find, Southern Cross and Wongan Hills.
A 98 km/h wind gust was reported at Dalwallinu at 8:32pm.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises that people should:
* If outside find safe shelter away from trees, power lines, storm water drains and streams.
* Close your curtains and blinds, and stay inside away from windows.
* Unplug electrical appliances and do not use land line telephones if there is lightning.
* If there is flooding, create your own sandbags by using pillow cases filled with sand and place them around doorways to protect your home.
* If boating, swimming or surfing leave the water.
* Do not drive into water of unknown depth and current.
* Slow down and turn your headlights on.
* Be alert and watch for hazards on the road such as fallen power lines and loose debris.
* If it is raining heavily and you cannot see, pull over and park with your hazard lights on until the rain clears.
The next warning is due to be issued by 1:20 am.
Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts, the Bureau's website at www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 210. The Bureau and Department of Fire and Emergency Services would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.
Forecast
Laverton (28.6259°S, 122.4055°E, 456m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm with possible heavy falls. Winds NE/SE 15 to 25 km/h tending SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 20 to 29.
Forecast for Laverton (28.6259°S, 122.4055°E, 456m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 21° 16° 13° 11° 11° 15° 18° Maximum 27° 22° 20° 21° 25° 28° 31° Chance of rain 90% 50% 5% 5% 30% 10% 60% Likely amount 5-10mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index High High High High High High High Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 18
(km/h)13
(km/h)20
(km/h)26
(km/h)23
(km/h)19
(km/h)27
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(km/h)25
(km/h)15
(km/h)22
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(km/h)17
(km/h)12
(km/h)Wind direction SE SSE SSW SSW SE SSE E E ENE ENE ENE ENE NE NNW Relative humidity 51% 56% 75% 52% 61% 40% 57% 35% 45% 30% 39% 25% 34% 27% Dew point 11°C 15°C 15°C 11°C 8°C 5°C 7°C 4°C 6°C 6°C 7°C 6°C 8°C 9°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Laverton (28.6259°S, 122.4055°E, 456m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:45am WST 6:09am WST 5:31pm WST 5:55pm WST 8:00pm WST 9:49am WST 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Apr 21 New moon Apr 28 First quarter May 04 Full moon May 13 -
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