Crikey it’s wet

[onetrack]

We've just had a pretty violent low pressure system move through the SW of the State, bringing much needed rain, along with strong winds.

 

The BOM got a bit hysterical yesterday with a Severe Storm Warning, talking up a "one in 5 year storm" with 125km/hr winds, but the winds weren't quite that bad, with a number of areas around Perth and the foothills recording 98km/hr maximum wind gusts, with average wind speeds probably around 65-80km/hr.

 

The SW Capes - Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin, recorded 109km/hr and 119km/hr maximum gusts, and Busselton Jetty recorded 109km/hr as a maximum gust.

Rainfall overall was between about 10-25mm, with most inland areas receiving useful falls, although a few strips missed out and only recorded 6-8mm.

 

There's the normal amount of Winter storm damage, a good number of trees down, a few sheds and sheets of iron went flying, and there's a few thousand people without power this morning.

No damage to report here at home, although the fruit trees took a pummelling, there are mandarins and limes everywhere in the backyard, although the orange tree is O.K. They're all in full fruit, of course, as expected for this time of year.

 

Edited 9 hours ago by onetrack

[facthunter]

Perth is often called the Windy City.  Nev

[onetrack]

We've certainly earned that moniker well and truly today. The wind is still screaming, and looks like keeping up for a while yet. They had a gust of 102kmh at Swanbourne, and gusts of 133kmh and 135kmh at the Capes this afternoon. Rottnest Island recorded a gust of 113kmh just before 3:00PM, but it looks like the wind knocked the recording station out, it's currently offline.

This is the most intense low pressure system I've encountered for quite a while, so maybe the BOM was right about it being a 1-in-5 year storm. My SD is currently without power in Stoneville, up in the Hills.

[onetrack]

This is local news from this morning, the weather has taken a turn for the worse this afternoon. 

 

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-storm-leaves-thousands-without-power-across-the-state-20260531-p602e9.html

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-31/intense-storm-hits-wa-thousands-without-power/106741236

 

It's not being helped much by the current full moon causing high tides. So with the storm surge, a lot of places along the Swan River are under water.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by onetrack