Drew Casper-Richardson, 25 Jan 2015, 12:36 AM UTC
Storms light up the skies of WA
A broad low pressure trough has continued to cause widespread storms to northern parts of Western Australia bringing damaging wind gusts, rain and plenty of lightning.
Storms fired up during the afternoon and rumbled on right the way through the night. The storms were most widespread and longest lasting over the Kimberley, Pilbara and Northern Interior.
There were plentiful falls of 5-10mm with isolated falls of 15mm for some places including Dampier Downs and Siddins Creek. Lansdowne has the highest total of the region with 16mm reaching the gauge.
Although Broome missed the heaviest of the rain with 7mm recorded they did have a 6 degree temperature as the storm passed over head. The mercury dropped from 29 degrees to 23 in around 15 minutes with 2.5 degrees shaved off in just one minute. A wind gust of 107km/h also accompanied the storm which would've woken some from their slumber as it roared through in the small hours of Sunday morning.
The storms also provided a magnificent light show with over 100,000 strikes reaching the ground between 2pm on Saturday at 6am on Sunday.
The broad low pressure trough responsible for the storms will continue to linger over the same region for at least the next few days.
Note to media: You are welcome to republish text from the above news article as direct quotes from Weatherzone. When doing so, please reference www.weatherzone.com.au in the credit.