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A frontal system is bringing rain and the odd thunderstorm to SW WA. Strong and damaging winds will affect some southern parts of WA this evening. A few showers will affect the east coast with onshore winds. Most places are dry and clear under high pressure.
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Today, 6:41AM UTC
Winter's done but wet WA still soaking in it
This winter has been a good season rain wise for much of Western Australia's west and south, and spring is off to a wet start with widespread showers. In the past 24 hours, showers dampened parts of 11 districts, bringing more than five millimetres to parts of 10 of them, and more than 30mm to parts of six districts. Image: Rainfall observations in 24 hours to 9am Saturday 6 September, radar, satellite, synoptic pattern. Notable 24-hour rainfall includes - 73mm at Windy Harbour 49mm at Shannon 47mm at Jandakot 45mm at both Gingin and Bungendore 38mm at Perth Airport 36mm at Coondee Despite this winter being a fairly wet one, the 24 hours to 9am today has seen the highest daily rainfall in - 4 years at Windy Harbour 2 years at Ingleboure (27mm) 15 months at Maida Vale (40mm) and Perth Airport 14 months at Lake Nammen (29mm) 13 months ar Amelup (28mm) 10 months at Canna (25mm) and Shannon Not only did these and many other locations receive higher daily rainfall than on any day this winter, they haves been unusually wet for September. It has been the wettest September day in - at least 39 years at Cape Leeuwin (39mm) and Windy Harbour 30 years at Jandakot more than 25 years at Southern Cross (15mm), Shannon, Gingin and Canna more than 20 years at Moondah Brook (36mm) and Coondee 10-12 years at many other places, including Perth (33mm), Swanbourne (34mm), Lake Grace (14mm), Eradu (26mm) and Morawa (19mm) We've mentioned this recent rain comes after a wet winter which turned out to be wetter than the long-term norm for most of WA's west and south. Image: Rainfall received during winter 2025 in WA compared to the seasonal average. It was the wettest winter in - 29 years in Perth (508mm, 110mm more than average) 27 years at Wialki South (181mm, 62mm more than average) more than 25 years at Coondee (488mm, 285mm more than average) 10 years at Southern Cross (163mm, 70mm more than average) Looking ahead, cold fronts will scatter showers across WA's west and south this Sunday/Monday and next Saturday/Sunday, although falls will be less widespread and less plentiful. Ideally, grain farmers in WA's South West Land Division would prefer it to gradually dry out and warm up gradually as spring progesses, in order for healthy winter crops to flourish. Other weather features they'd prefer to stay well away are intense hail, wind and late-season frost, all of which have damaged crops in recent years. Whilst intense hail and wind are unlikely in the next week or so, they cannot be ruled out later on. Keep up to date with the forecasts on weatherzone.com.au/wa
05 Sep 2025, 7:10AM UTC
Northwest cloudband to soak Australia next week
A large band of rain will spread across Australia from this weekend into the first half of next week as a surge of tropical moisture interacts with a strong cold front. Before this rainband even develops, a cold front crossing southern Australia will cause a burst of wind and rain across parts of WA, SA, Tas, Vic, NSW and the ACT between Friday and Sunday. This system will be followed by a stronger cold front and associated low pressure system that will drag tropical moisture across central and southeastern Australia during the first half of next week. This second, stronger frontal system will produce a large northwest cloudband that is expected to deliver rain to a broad area of Australia stretching from northern WA down to Tasmania between Sunday and Wednesday. Image: Modelled precipitable water and mean sea level pressure on Tuesday morning. The rain from the impending northwest cloudband will be enhanced by moisture being pushed towards Australia from the Indian Ocean. This injection of tropical moisture is associated with a strongly negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) pattern that’s currently in place to the northwest of Australia. The map below shows how much rain is predicted to fall across Australia between this Friday and Thursday next week. This includes the rain from the next two frontal systems combined. Image: Forecast accumulated rain during the seven days ending at 10pm AEST on Thursday, September 11, 2025. Rain is likely to soak part of every Australian state and territory during the next seven days. The heaviest rain over the coming week is expected to fall over southeastern Australia, most likely in western Tasmania and about the ranges in southern NSW and northeast Vic. Next week’s northwest cloudband will bring moderate to heavy rain over parts of the Murray-Darling Basin. This rain will be a welcome sight in areas that have endured an abnormally dry start to 2025. Image: Observed rainfall deciles in the first eight months of 2025, with notably below-average rainfall represented by the red shading and notably above average rain shaded in blue. Source: Bureau of Meteorology The fronts and low pressure systems passing over southern Australia during the coming week will also cause strong to gale force winds, with damaging gusts likely in several states. Be sure to keep an eye on the latest severe weather warnings in your area.
05 Sep 2025, 1:38AM UTC
Warmest weekend in months for millions of Australians
A burst of early spring warmth will spread across the southeast of the country this weekend, ensuring the warmest weekend in many months in the most heavily populated part of the country. Adelaide will be the warmest of the southern capitals on the weekend, with a maximum of 25°C on Saturday and 23°C on Sunday after a likely overnight shower or two. That will make it the warmest weekend since early May. Melbourne should reach 21°C on Saturday and, even though it will be windy with showers on Sunday, the mercury should still peak around 22°C. The last Melbourne weekend with temperatures topping 20°C was the first weekend of May. Hobart is on a temperature see-saw at the moment. After a freezing pair of days on Wednesday and Thursday with maximums below 11°C and snow to very low levels on kunanyi/Mt Wellington, a rapid warming trend sets in, with a high of 15°C expected on Saturday and 20°C for Sunday. The last weekend day to top 20°C was back in mid-April. Canberra should reach 20°C on Saturday and 22°C on Sunday. While the national capital had a rare 20-degree winter day on Tuesday, August 26, the last time weekend temperatures topped 20°C was in early May. Sydney should reach 20°C on Saturday and 23°C on Sunday – the first two days of an expected five-day run of maximums in the 20s. The warmest day of that streak should be Monday with a high of 27°C expected, as the warm air affecting the other southeastern capitals over the weekend pushes east. Image: Forecast maximums for SE Australia this Sunday, September 7, according to the ECMWF model. Some locations in southeastern Australia could also see their first 30-degree day in many months. Mildura, in far NW Victoria, should reach 30°C on Saturday, the warmest day since April. Temperatures in nearby towns across the SA border like Renmark should also top 30°C (potentially on both days) for the first time since autumn. And while we're beginning to stretch the boundaries of the (unofficial) region that might be termed "southeastern Australia", it’s worth including the forecast for the outback outpost of Oodnadatta in SA’s North East Pastoral forecast district. The town that jointly holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Australia (50.7°C with Onslow in WA) should reach 35°C on Saturday, which would make it the hottest day since March. If you’re planning to kick the footy around the park or backyard with dad on Sunday morning for Father’s Day, there should be reasonable weather in most locations to do so – although it's worth noting that winds will strengthen on Sunday with the chance of thunderstorms across much of Victoria, Tasmania, southeastern SA, and southern NSW. If you’re actually attending the footy, you can expect fine but chilly conditions at the MCG tonight for the Geelong Cats vs Brisbane Lions qualifying final, with mostly fine and mild conditions for the Giants vs Hawks AFL elimination final in Sydney on Saturday afternoon, as well as for all NRL matches being played in Sydney, Brisbane and on the Gold Coast. If you’re attending the Fremantle Dockers vs Gold Coast Suns elimination final at Optus Stadium in Perth on Saturday evening and hoping for clear skies, cross your fingers and cross them hard. Our somewhat soggy Perth forecast is here.