Craig McIntosh, 23 Oct 2016, 1:21 AM UTC
Cooler start to the working week for southwest WA
Following a nice Sunday to end the weekend, the mercury is set to plunge on Monday as a cold front welcomes the working week.
It's shaping up as a great day to be in southwestern WA with most cities and towns reaching the high-twenties to low-thirties under sunny skies. The warmth is mainly due to a low pressure trough lingering just off the coast, drawing in warm winds off the land. Unfortunately, the warmth has mostly ignored Bunbury as a southeasterly flow is keeping the thermometer from raising too high.
A cold front is on its way, and once it links up with the trough and drags it over land this evening, the warmth goes with it. Perth is likely to only reach 21 degrees tomorrow, a solid nine degree drop from today's likely maximum.
The very unseasonal warmth Albany is experiencing today is all gone tomorrow, with the mercury likely to be 11 degrees lower on the thermometer with cool southwesterly winds.
As Bunbury is staying mild today, the drop tomorrow will not feel as noticeable, only around three-to-four degrees lower.
The cool airmass following this front will keep temperatures below average for most southwestern centres for the first half of the week. With another cold front due on Thursday, it's shaping up to be a cooler than normal end to October for much of southwestern WA.
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