Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Issued at 4:08 pm WST on Monday 19 February 2024.

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 Tuesday 20 February:
Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather districts:
Swan Inland North, Swan Inland South, Capes, Brockman, Blackwood, Southern Forests, Karroun, Lockwood, Arthur, Roe, Lakes, Stirling North, Stirling West, Stirling Coast, Fitzgerald Coast, Fitzgerald Inland, Esperance Coast and Esperance Inland

Weather Situation
Extreme fire dangers are forecast on Tuesday due to very hot and dry temperatures, combined with fresh northeast to northwesterly winds during the late morning, tending fresh westerly in the late afternoon and into the evening.

For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.dfes.wa.gov.au.

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