Tropical Cyclone Iggy Update
Drew Casper-Richardson

Tropical Cyclone Iggy is looming off WA's west coast and is already directing showers over parts of the Southwest Land Division.
Over the last few days Tropical Cyclone Iggy has stayed well offshore and continued to march southwards. Iggy has weakened overnight as it has entered unfavorable conditions including cooler sea surface temperatures and increased wind shear. As of Thursday morning Iggy was still classed as a category 1 system.
As of 2:00am WST, Iggy was 440km west of Geraldton and moving quickly east southeast towards the west coast at 28km/h. The central pressure of Iggy was at 986hPa and had wind gusts of up to 120km/h near its centre. The forecast is for Iggy to weaken below tropical cyclone strength on Thursday evening WST. Early on Friday morning the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Iggy should cross the coast between Gerladton and Perth with the most likely track being over Jurien Bay.
Although Iggy is not likely to maintain cyclone strength upon landfall he is still going to bring some wild weather to the Southwest Land Divsion. Showers and rain have already started tumbling down and should continue throughout the day as Iggy moves closer to the coast. Widespread falls of 20-30mm are likely along the west coast today, including Perth. Isolated falls of around 70-90mm are possible around Jurien Bay.
Strong Wind Warnings are in place between Carnarvon and Walpole with average wind speeds of 50-60km/h likely. These winds have also lead to the issuing of a Fire Weather Warning for parts of the Central West and Central Wheat Belt districts. There is also a risk of severe thunderstorms developing that could bring gusts of up to 90km/h as well as heavy rain.
Showers, rain and storms will move further inland on Friday as what's left of Iggy moves west. Widespread falls of 10-20mm are likely through the Southwest Land Division as well as parts of the Gascoyne and Goldfields.
Rain should ease on Saturday but strong winds will persist as a strong high pressure system moves in from the west.
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