After four dry days, showers are returning to Perth and are likely each day through to the end of next week, bringing 30 to 50 millimetres of rain. The area from Mandurah to Margaret River should be the wettest with more than 50mm for some. The wettest days are likely to be today, Saturday and [...]
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Mother nature to drizzle on Perth all week
Posted in weather, tagged 30 to 50 millimetres, 50mm, all week, area, bands, cloud, coastal, coastal parts, cold, cold fronts, days, drizzle, drizzle on Perth, dry, dry days, excess of 100kmh, fallen, fronts, gust, gusts, gusts of 90kmh, Indian Ocean, link up, Mandurah, Margaret River, millimetres, Monday, Mother nature, nature., ocean, perth, potential, rain., rainfall, returning, ruled out., Saturday, severe, Showers, south, strength, stronger, surrounds., the city, to Perth, today, trees, WA, week, western australia, wettest, wettest days, windiest, winds on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Heavy rain, thunderstorms lash Perth and South-West
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WILD weather has caused havoc across Perth, uprooting trees, tearing off roofs and plunging homes into darkness. Winds travelling at more than 100km/h tore through the city overnight, ripping the roof off a granny flat in Doubleview, collapsing a ceiling in Joondalup and blowing in the windows of a house in City Beach. More than 17,000 are [...]
Storms force cancellation of Rottnest ferry services
Posted in Local News, weather, tagged 30, 40 knots, area, bookings, bureau, Bureau of Meteorology, cancel, cancellation, cancelled, closed, company, confirmed, cruises, expect, express, ferries, ferry, ferry operators, ferry trips, force, forced, friday, gale, gale force wind, hit, inclusive, island, issue, issued, Local News, manager, Mandurah, Neil Bennett, ocean, Oceanic Cruises, offshore, operate, operates, operators, passengers, perth, popular, public, refunds, regular, rottnest, Rottnest Express, Rottnest Fast Ferries, Rottnest ferry, Rottnest Island, Saturday, services, storm, Storms force, strong, Sunday, tipped, trip, trips, warning, waters., weather, weekend, wind warning, winds, winter break., Yanchep on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gale force winds tipped to hit Perth this weekend have forced two ferry operators to cancel all trips to Rottnest Island. The popular Rottnest Express confirmed it has cancelled all bookings from Friday to Sunday inclusive while Oceanic Cruises will not operate on Saturday or Sunday. The third company which operates ferry trips to the [...]
Storm warning for Perth and south west
Posted in Uncategorized, weather, tagged 125 kmh, Albany, Augusta, Bureau of Meteorology, cold front, damage homes, dangerous, destructive, destructive gusts", gales, heavy rain, Jurien Bay, locally, midnight., morning, perth, residents, South-West, state's, storm, sunrise, the Bureau, tomorrow, travel, Uncategorized, up to 125 kmh, WA, WA residents, warned, weather, winds, worst affected. on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
South west WA residents have been warned to brace for a destructive storm bringing gales of up to 125 kmh tomorrow morning. The Bureau of Meteorology says the winds will come along with a cold front over the state’s south west. Residents between Jurien Bay and Albany would be worst affected. The worst of the [...]
Perth will wake up to rain tomorrow for the first time in 26 days.
Posted in weather, tagged 17 C, 18 C, 1876., 20mm of rain, 42mm, April, Average, below-average, bureau, chilly, city, compared, continue, drop, drop of rain, expects, fallen, feels, first-quarter, forecast, friday, half, hottest, in Perth, January 1, June, last, low, May, on record, perth, rain., rainfall, record, Saturday, second, Showers, shows, since, South-West, start, sunniest, Temperatures, today, weather, year on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hardly a drop of rain has fallen on Perth as the city feels the second hottest start to the year on record. Perth has broke the record for the sunniest May on record today since 1876. Forecast shows that showers are coming to Perth about 3am tomorrow and continue until late Thursday. Temperatures are going as low as 18 C forecast for Friday [...]