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WA bracing for wild few days

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Weatherzone, By: Press Release, 05/07/2013

 

Western Australia is bracing for a wild few days of intense wind, rain, thunderstorms and waves with potential for significant damage, according to weatherzone.com.au. From Tuesday night to Friday the wind, rain and storms will be far reaching across the west and south of the state but focused on the southwest, particularly the area from Perth to Albany.

 

"Wind will be strong enough to damage buildings and bring down trees and power lines. Storms will be intense enough to enhance the wind and rain and lead to flash flooding. And waves will be large enough to erode beaches. There is potential for wind gusts to reach 120km/h, rainfall to amount to 60-to-120mm and wave heights to exceed five metres," Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said. There is still time to do some tidying up around the yard and clean the gutters before the peak of the weather hits on Wednesday.

 

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Big Story Weather – May 6, 2013

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Daily weather forecast and wrap-up provided by redOrbit meteorologist Joshua Kelly.

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly

 

Big Story Weather from May 4-5: This past weekend was very active over most of the Southeast with enormous amounts of rainfall and flooding from Alabama, Georgia and into the Carolinas. The other big story was out West were the wild fires have been burning through parts of California. An area of showers today in that region will provide some much needed relief.

Unseasonable warmth coming to Adelaide

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Weatherzone, By: Sam Brown, 05/06/2013

 

Unseasonable warmth will push into Adelaide this week before a gusty cool change on the weekend. This Friday Adelaide is likely to have its warmest May day in eight years. In May 2005 it reached 29.2 degrees, the second hottest May day in the last 90 years. The May record of 32.3 degree was set in 1921.

 

The mercury is likely to increase from Tuesday as a warm air mass moves over the region from the interior. On Tuesday and Wednesday it will warm to the mid 20's, well above the average May maximum temperature of 19 degrees. By Thursday, it should reach 27 degrees and become even warmer on Friday as a cold front and trough approach from the west.

 

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Freezing morning in Melbourne

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Weatherzone, By: Rob Sharpe, 05/06/2013

 

Melbourne has had its coldest morning since September while temperatures dropped below freezing at Coldstream.

 

Frost formed in Coldstream as it fell below freezing for the second time this season, with the coldest morning since the middle of last winter. Meanwhile, the city fell to a chilly low of 5.7 degrees this morning just before 8am. Many people were left shivering on their way to work without enough layers.

 

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Red Centre only slowly turning orange

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Weatherzone, By: Brett Dutschke, 05/05/2013

 

After a red hot few months Central Australia is still exceeding 30 degrees each day, enabling it to become the hottest start to the year on record. Every recording station in the Alice Springs area has been reaching at least 30 degrees every day for the past week and should do so for a few more. This is about seven degrees above average for this time of year.

 

Some locations will get close to breaking May records for consecutive days of 30 degrees or warmer. Alice Springs' May record for 30-degree heat is nine consecutive days, set in 1999. The central Australian town has just overtaken 2005 as the hottest start to a year in 70 years of records.

 

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Perth is calm before a cool, wet blast

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Weatherzone, By: Rob Sharpe, 05/05/2013

 

Calm and mostly sunny weather will remain in Perth before wind and showers dominate conditions from Tuesday to Friday. Perth is coming off the back of its warmest April on record and still has a couple more days of above average temperatures. Today will be mostly sunny and reach 27 degrees before a bit more cloud arrives on Monday with a top of 25 degrees. Both days will be relatively calm due to a high pressure ridge.

 

On Tuesday conditions will gradually deteriorate with an approaching front and trough. Cloud will increase, a few showers will develop, wind will become strong and there is even a low chance of thunderstorms in the area. The front will arrive during the evening, bringing a band of rain and fresh westerly winds.

 

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Heavy showers and damaging winds hammer Tasmania

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Weatherzone, By: Drew Casper-Richardson, 05/04/2013

 

A vigorous cold front has brought damaging wind and the heaviest May rainfall in up to 13 years for parts of Tasmania.

 

During Friday a strong cold front blasted its way across the Apple Isle. Winds gusted over 100km/h at many locations with the passage of the front. On Friday afternoon Scotts Peak Dam gusted to 122km/h with Mt Wellington and Maatsuyker Island both reaching 109km/h. Hobart wasn't spared from the wind with a gust of 102km/h at 3:40pm. Damaging wind gusts lasted until the small hours of Saturday morning for some parts. Tasman Island gusted to 113km/h and Cape Grim 109km/h before the sun came up. At 10am, Tasman Island was still recording gust of over 100km/h.

 

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Melbourne's coldest day since October

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Weatherzone, By: Rob Sharpe, 05/04/2013

 

Gusty and cold southerly winds are bringing a chilly Saturday to Melbourne with winter clothing coming out of the closet. A strong cold front reached Melbourne last night dropping 2mm of rain and bringing a southwesterly change. Winds gusted to 67km/h with the arrival of the front.

 

The mercury is struggling to rise today as cloud and a cold air mass will keep the temperature below 15 degrees for most or all of the day. At 9am, 12 degrees felt like only nine degrees in the fresh winds.

 

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