{"id":518123,"date":"2026-03-04T12:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/518123\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:49:12","slug":"wa-and-perth-weather-scorching-38-degree-heatwave-and-tropical-low-set-to-bring-wild-autumn-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/518123\/","title":{"rendered":"WA and Perth weather: Scorching 38 degree heatwave and tropical low set to bring wild autumn weather"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just as West Aussies thought summer was easing, blistering heat and potential gales are set to hit this weekend.<\/p>\n

Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Caroline Crow told PerthNow that the \u201clow intensity heatwave conditions\u201d are due to a high pressure system sitting in the Great Australian Bight, south of WA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a high in the Bight directing north north easterly winds over the state into a West coast trough, and that pattern is staying fairly similar over the next few days so we\u2019re continually getting that heat brought towards the west coast, which is bringing these hot to very hot temperatures over the Perth area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

While Ms Crow explained that WA has seen temperatures above 40 degrees in previous March\u2019s, the 38 degree high forecast for Saturday, March 7 is well above average.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just outside of summer so you can still get those big hot temperatures in March, the average temperature for March is 29.7 degrees so these temperatures are above average for March,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"EasterCamera IconEaster Monday out and about in Perth. Crowds at Leighton Beach. Kelsey Reid Credit: Kelsey Reid\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

While the Perth area will be affected by heat, the North West of WA is likely to be affected by a tropical low that could bring gales as it makes landfall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tropical low may potentially become a tropical cyclone tonight and through Thursday, but by Friday it is expected to weaken again as it moves in that south easterly direction and then looks as if it\u2019s going to move in a south westerly direction, so this system is not yet a cyclone,\u201d Ms Crow said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt may still have a small area of gales associated with it but at this point it\u2019s not forecast to be a cyclone as it approaches that north west Kimberley coast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WhileCamera IconWhile the Perth area will be affected by heat, the North West of WA is likely to be affected by a tropical low that could bring gales as it makes landfall. Credit: BOMPERTH WEATHER FORECASTThursday: Sunny, 22-35 \u2600\ufe0fFriday: Sunny, 22-37 \u2600\ufe0fSaturday: Sunny, 21-38 \u2600\ufe0fSunday: Partly cloudy, 23-32 \u26c5\ufe0fMonday: Mostly sunny, 20-30 \u26c5\ufe0fTuesday: Partly cloudy, 15-24 \u26c5\ufe0fWednesday: Mostly sunny, 11-27 \u26c5\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just as West Aussies thought summer was easing, blistering heat and potential gales are set to hit this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,45,1192],"class_list":["post-518123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-wa-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}