{"id":607385,"date":"2026-04-15T01:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607385\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:04:14","slug":"perth-weather-thunder-lightning-rain-and-a-smoke-haze-bear-down-on-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607385\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth weather: Thunder, lightning, rain and a smoke haze bear down on Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Perth residents have woken to lightning, thunder, rain and a smoke haze \u2014 with more expected as the morning progresses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The rumbling of thunder could be heard from early on Wednesday morning as storms rolled in off the coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Rain, some of it heavy, was reported from Gingin in the north to Mandurah in the south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Perth had received 10.6mm of rain, with Jandakot getting 14mm and Rottnest Island 9.6mm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Early risers snapped photographs of the storms as they moved across the metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Bureau of Meteorology said storms would likely remain across the area throughout the morning and into the early afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Despite this, Perth is not forecast to receive more than 1mm of rain, with the temperature to reach 26C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Motorists are urged to take care on the roads, with some slippery conditions expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It comes on top of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions issuing a smoke warning for Perth for Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ab355af6d65e1278060a12f16a3fb8c396aef071.jpg\" alt=\"A punter\u2019s picture of a lightning strike in Perth this morning.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconA punter\u2019s picture of a lightning strike in Perth this morning. Credit: Christine Allen\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Parks and Wildlife Service firefighters were able to progress with prescribed burns around 40km away from Perth on Tuesday, which will filter to the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">DBCA Swan Region Regional Leader Fire Management Brodie Selby explained that the burn is taking place after careful planning and preparation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c3f5da27be3f9e3f976c24d5c11022d29744d787.jpg\" alt=\"A lightning bolt streaks across the sky.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconA lightning bolt streaks across the sky. Credit: Anne Martin\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe smoke is the result of couple of large landscape burns which is happening at the back of Perth Hills Forest, which is really important part of our risk reduction prescribed burning program,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A trough will also impact a huge part of the State, from the Pilbara all the way to the Great Southern area.<\/p>\n<p>PERTH WEATHER FORECASTWednesday: Showers. Possible storm, Max 26 \u26c8\ufe0fThursday: Mostly sunny, 16-27 \u26c5\ufe0fFriday: Possible shower, 16-23 \ud83c\udf27\ufe0fSaturday: Showers easing, 15-22 \u2614\ufe0fSunday: Partly cloudy, 11-22 \u26c5\ufe0fMonday: Showers increasing, 11-23 \u2614\ufe0fTuesday: Shower or two, 14-20 \u2614\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth residents have woken to lightning, thunder, rain and a smoke haze \u2014 with more expected as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,46,45,1192],"class_list":["post-607385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-wa-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607385","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=607385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}