As predicted in the post below, severe storms pounded Perth yesterday afternoon bringing heavy rain, golf-ball sized hail in the northern suburbs, and wind gusts as strong as 117kmh at Ocean Reef.
Perth Airport's 4 month long dry spell ended with a bang when 25mm of rain fell in just 10 minutes, with 41mm in total. Swanbourne had its heaviest rain in 5 years with 48mm. As the storms hammered through the temperature dropped from a hot 32 degrees to a chilly 18 degrees in just 2 hours!
Storms are once again possible today and they could be severe but not as brutal or widespread as yesterday.
I live in Mandurah, which was next in line to get affected by the same storm that hit Perth. It was, to be quite honest, incredible. I had never seen something like it, especially in terms of the lightning. However we didn't get the hail, which was probably a good thing considering all the damage Perth received from it. We lost power for an hour, but we had no damage whatsoever to our property, it's a pity we didn't receive as much rain as our northern neighbour though.
ReplyDeleteHey Andyman, sorry that it's taken me so long so write back but as you'll see from the latest blog- I've been in the outback!
ReplyDeleteWhile you were one of the 150,000 homes without power, thank goodness that you didn't get any hail as these storms produced the largest hail known to have occurred in Perth!