{"id":8998,"date":"2025-07-20T18:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8998\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:13:13","slug":"damaging-winds-and-rain-lash-south-west-and-perth-as-cold-front-swept-through-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8998\/","title":{"rendered":"Damaging winds and rain lash South West and Perth as cold front swept through WA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wild winter weather hit Perth on Sunday, with damaging winds and rain also lashing the South West.<\/p>\n

A severe weather warning was issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for southern parts of the State due to a cold front on Sunday, which was expected to bring wind gusts of up to 90km\/h all the way from Mandurah to Cape Leeuwin.<\/p>\n

The windy conditions were also felt in Perth, with the cold front hitting the city on Sunday afternoon. But it wasn\u2019t enough to stop joggers or families from braving the blustery winters day.<\/p>\n

Six-year-old Charlotte Young and her two-year-old sister Isabel were making the most out of the rainy weather, splashing in puddles at Jualbup Lake in Shenton Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were stuck indoors most of the morning and the girls were going a bit stir crazy but there was a break in the rain so we thought we\u2019d go out and get some fresh air,\u201d their mum Pip Young said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere wasn\u2019t as many puddles as the girls had hoped but they still had a good time while the rain held off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perth was drenched with more than 17mm of rain and peak winds of 61km\/h in Swanbourne and Rottnest Island.<\/p>\n

\"ScenesCamera IconScenes from a blustery winters day in Perth on Sunday. The weather didn’t stop joggers and walkers at Lake Monger. Kelsey Reid Credit: Kelsey Reid\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

In the South West, Collie East had more than 21mm of rainfall and Cape Leeuwin experienced wind gusts of 76km\/h.<\/p>\n

Senior bureau meteorologist Angeline Prasad said people in the South West experience a front as windy as this about five times a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a windier cold front than your typical winter cold front for WA so we are expecting windy conditions right across south WA as that cold front approaches and then moves through,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalf the southern WA will get some rainfall out of this system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s also that possibility we could see a severe thunderstorm across Perth this evening, although the chance is quite low, but it cannot be ruled out.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the cold weather could also produce hail in the South West as well as snow flurries on Bluff Knoll early on Monday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services issued a storm advice for parts of the Perth metropolitan, South West, and lower South West urging people to stay safe.<\/p>\n

\"ScenesCamera IconScenes from a blustery winters day in Perth on Sunday. Flooded roads on Lake Monger Drive. Kelsey Reid Credit: Kelsey Reid\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

DFES were called out to 10 homes with roof damage and water leaks across the State.<\/p>\n

Severe weather was forecast in the Perth metropolitan, Rottnest Island, Bunbury, Mandurah, Margaret River, Busselton, Augusta and Dunsborough, however, the warning was cancelled just before 4pm as winds eased.<\/p>\n

Residents were advised to pack away or secure any outdoor furniture and trampolines that could be picked up by strong winds as well as preparing an emergency kit with a radio that runs on batteries, a torch, spare batteries and a first aid kit.<\/p>\n

The State is expected to get some reprieve from the wild weather on Tuesday before another cold front sweeps through the South West on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Perth Forecast <\/p>\n

Monday: 5-15C, shower or two<\/p>\n

Tuesday: 7-17C, showers<\/p>\n

Wednesday: 9-17C, showers<\/p>\n

Thursday: 6-15C, shower or two<\/p>\n

Friday: 4-16C, partly cloudy<\/p>\n

Saturday: 4-17C, sunny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wild winter weather hit Perth on Sunday, with damaging winds and rain also lashing the South West. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,46,10726,41,39,42,40,1192],"class_list":["post-8998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-south-west","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8998","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=8998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}