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  • Fire Weather Warning for Midwest Coast, Midwest Inland, Lesueur, Swan Inland North and Swan Inland South Tue 20 Jan 2026 

    Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
  
Fire Weather Warning 

for Midwest Coast, Midwest Inland, Lesueur, Swan Inland North and Swan Inland South fire weather districts

Issued at 01:56 PM WST on Tuesday 20 January 2026

Weather Situation
Fresh and gusty east to northeast winds coupled with hot and dry conditions with lead to extreme fire dangers on Wednesday. A sea breeze will bring a south to southwesterly change over coastal parts during the afternoon.

For  Wednesday 21 January:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Midwest Coast, Midwest Inland, Lesueur, Swan Inland North and Swan Inland South

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.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am WST Wednesday.

  1. Townsville 7 day forecast ›

    Mostly sunny
    Currently at Townsville 27.5° Today's forecast 25° - 32°

    Townsville forecast: Wednesday Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the N in the late afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low 30s.

    Forecast for Townsville (19.2478°S, 146.7669°E, 7m AMSL)
    Tomorrow

    Mostly sunny

    		 Mostly sunny 25° - 32°
    Friday

    Mostly sunny

    		 Mostly sunny 24° - 33°

    7 day forecast ›