Australia weather forecast, Wednesday July 21: Powerful wind warnings across most parts 9news.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 9news.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
Swathes of Australia s east coast are set to be battered by heavy rain and damaging winds this week, as wild summer weather returns.
Tropical cyclone Kimi bearing down the north Queensland coast has intensified and been re-classed as Category 2 on Monday as emergency preparations begin ahead of the storm s landfall.
The system is currently moving south with wind speeds of about 130km/h and a cyclone warning has been issued for Townsville, Ayr and Palm Island.
The wild weather will not just be confined to the north of country, with south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales expected to also cop a hammering.
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.