The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a fire danger warning for the Ravensthorpe Shire Inland and Esperance Shire Inland regions.
The wild wind could also have a positive effect today, easing the smoke haze that has been hanging over Perth due to hazard reduction burns along the WA coast.
A cold front passing should bring some relief from the smoke in Perth tomorrow afternoon as winds shift northwesterly.
Meanwhile, a trough is bringing rain over south-western parts of the state with falls between five to 40 millimetres expected.
A weak trough is causing occasional showers in Tasmania with a high chance of rain in Hobart today.
A wet weekend could be on the way for large parts of the country, with Australia surrounded with lows sitting to the north, south east and west of the country
The combined influence of these four low pressure systems is likely to cause rain in part of every state and territory during the second half of this week and early next week.
There is a severe weather warning in place for parts of Western Australia, located approximately 140km northeast of Carnarvon.
Four lows surrounding Australia will bring heavy rain around the country over the coming days. February 4, 2021.(Weatherzone)
The low is expected to remain over land moving very slowly towards the Gascoyne coast before moving offshore later today.
Western Australia
Mostly sunny, warm-to-very warm in the southwest. Windy, cool-to-mild in the south, showers/storms inland. Mostly sunny, hot in the northwest. The odd storm, very warm in the northeast.
Perth will be mostly sunny with a minimum of 17C and a maximum of 33C.
There is a severe weather warning due to damaging winds possible about the hills and foothills of the Lower West and northern South West districts.
Although gusty easterly winds are typical for this time of year, they are expected to be stronger than usual.
Wind speed averaging 50 - 60 km/h with peak with gusts up to 90 km/h this morning. Gusts could cause damage to homes and property in ares around Armadale, Dwellingup, Ellenbrook, Harvey, Kalamunda, Midland and Mundaring.
A total fire ban has been issued for regions in Victoria, while crews in South Australia work to keep a major grass fire at bay as strong winds and high temperatures generate dangerous fire conditions in several states today.
Victoria s fire ban has been issued for the Mallee, Wimmera and Northern Country regions, with no fires permitted to be lit in the open air today.
The SA Country Fire Service (CFS) is still working on the Blackford blaze which is now contained, however a current active Bushfire Advice message was issued last night.
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Lucindale Bushfire near Adelaide is now under control but still active.(9News)
A trough is generating storms, some severe, over eastern parts of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.
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More rain is forecast across NSW today after parts of the Northern Rivers was flooded yesterday.(Josh Dye)
In NSW, a severe storm warning is in place for a large part of the state with damaging winds also expected to hit the Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast.
The conditions come after low-lying areas of the NSW Northern Rivers to become submerged after a deluge of more than 200mm of rain in a period of about seven hours.