Perth is copping the worst of a cold and rainy weather system on Saturday, with up to 20mm of rain forecast as showers, thunderstorms and strong south-westerly winds sweep across the metropolitan area.<\/p>\n
Residents woke to a barrage of rain after a cold front hit the metro area before shifting east on Saturday morning, bringing with it vigorous south-westerly winds.<\/p>\n
An isolated thunderstorm remains possible, particularly across Perth\u2019s south-west and coastal areas.<\/p>\n
Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Caroline Crow said Perth was particularly cold on Saturday morning with an overnight minimum of 6C recorded.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool for Perth today, currently sitting on 10C mid-morning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The city is forecast to reach a top of 16C, with gusty showers expected to ease later on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Strong winds have been recorded offshore, with gusts reaching 96km\/hr at Rottnest Island about 6am and there is a gale and strong wind warning for Perth local waters and Melville waters.<\/p>\n
Residents and visitors along Perth\u2019s coast can expect blustery conditions, though winds are expected to ease early in the evening.<\/p>\n
The temperature may warm to around 17C on Saturday, although cloudy skies and cool conditions will remain until Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cComing into Sunday, just a shower or two with lighter winds,\u201d Ms Crow said.<\/p>\n
A moderate cold front is expected to move across the region on Monday, bringing another burst of morning showers and a good southerly flow behind it.<\/p>\n
Monday is likely to be the wettest and windiest day of the working week, although conditions should begin to settle afterwards.<\/p>\n
By Tuesday, showers should ease and skies become partly cloudy, with a forecast top of 17C.<\/p>\n
Wednesday and Thursday are expected to bring gradually clearing skies and more settled conditions.<\/p>\n
Residents heading outdoors today should allow extra time on the roads, secure loose outdoor items and take care near the coast, where strong wind gusts may continue.<\/p>\n
PERTH WEATHER FORECAST<\/p>\n
Saturday: Showers. Windy 6-16C \ud83c\udf27\ufe0f<\/p>\n
Sunday: Showers. 6-17C \ud83c\udf27\ufe0f<\/p>\n
Monday: Showers. Windy 10-17C \ud83c\udf27\ufe0f<\/p>\n
Tuesday: Possible morning shower. 5-17C \ud83c\udf27\ufe0f<\/p>\n
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. 5-18C \u26c5<\/p>\n
Thursday: Mostly sunny. 6-19C \u26c5<\/p>\n
Friday: Sunny. 7-21C \u2600\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth is copping the worst of a cold and rainy weather system on Saturday, with up to 20mm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,45,1192],"class_list":["post-847689","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\/847689","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=847689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}