WA and Perth weather: Severe thunderstorms expected across the State, with hail forecast for Saturday
Severe thunderstorms are set to smash parts of WA, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning that trees could be brought down and of possible power outages across the State.
People in areas from Jurien Bay to Albany, including Perth and Bunbury, have been told that severe thunderstorms could hit on Friday afternoon.
Meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said that the storms were due to an approaching cold front.
'We can see isolated to scattered showers already developing across the west and south-west coasts ahead of that approaching cold front,' she said.
'Winds and isolated thunderstorms are also going to build through the course of today as that system approaches, then moves through.'
Ms Bradbury said that while West Aussies could get a break from the thunderstorms by Friday night, it would likely be short-lived.
She said the most severe impacts, such as damaging winds and flash flooding, would happen around the coastal fringes. She said string winds were the key concern.
'We're seeing very strong north-westerly winds coming in ahead of the system, shifting sharply to south-westerlies behind it,' Ms Bradbury said.
'That first burst of strong winds will come through with the front itself, but we've got a second burst coming up in that cold, unstable southerly flow that will push against the southern coast of the state through the later part of (Saturday) into early Sunday.
'We're then likely to see a third burst of strong winds moving through on Sunday afternoon going into the early part of Monday.
'For those damaging winds, they could bring down trees and tree limbs, potentially leading to dangerous driving conditions or damage to cars and property
'We may also see some power outages, depending on how widespread those severe storms might be and how wide reaching their impacts are.'
Hail is also possible on Saturday, with Ms Bradbury forecasting rain totals of around 15mm to 30mm across the South West in the next three days.
Saturday:
17C, thunderstorm and hail
Sunday:
19C, rain
Monday:
18C, showers
Tuesday:
19C, cloudy
Wednesday:
19C, sunny
Thursday:
20C, showers
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