Kim Westcott, 20 Oct 2014, 7:39 AM UTC
Heavy rain begins to ease over Western Australia
After buckets of rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds, conditions are beginning to ease.
Esperance picked up 42mm in the rain gauge to 9am Monday, recording the heaviest October rain in nearly two decades. For Rocky Gully, the 37mm gained was heaviest October rain for over a decade. Over the past 72 hours, Kukerin has picked the 120mm, while Porongurups saw 102mm. For Ravensthorpe, it has been the wettest three days in seven years, gaining over 97mm in the past 72 hours.
The wind also picked up again as the thunderstorms raged overhead. Norseman in the Goldfields gusted to 106km/h on Sunday afternoon. This makes it the second time in three days which winds have reached over the 100km/h mark. Laverton clocked a 95km/h gust, while at Southern Cross Airfield, the winds gusted to 85km/h.
The main low pressure trough has continued east, taking the majority of the thunderstorm potential to western parts of South Australia. This has promoted a severe thunderstorm warning for the West Coast and North West Pastoral districts. Associated with this trough is pool of hot air is being with is being dragged down into further into SA, bringing extreme fire danger for large parts of SA on Tuesday. The low which has spiraled about the southern coast will weaken as it moves south.
Conditions will not remain stable for long for Western Australians, there are indications of another low developing and crossing the southern coast from about mid week, which will cause some more rain, especially ahead for the southwest corner.
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