If you've dusted off the uggies this week, then you're probably not alone with most of the country experiencing well below average temperatures and their coldest mornings in months this week. A strong cold front crossed the southeastern states over the weekend leaving cold Antarctic air in its wake- and shivering Aussies! This morning, Cooma Airport in NSW got down to a chilly -5.7 degrees while Canberra experienced a frosty start getting down to just below 1 degree. The cold, southerly air reached as far north as southern inland QLD with parts of the Darling Downs and Maranoa and Warrego districts waking up to single digits.
Southwest WA have also had an icy taste of Autumn but it has been the opposite of the crisp, clear skies across the southeastern states. A low pressure system spiralling off the southwest coast has been churning in cold air, heavy showers and damaging winds, keeping SES crews very busy overnight. A severe weather warning for locally damaging winds and abnormally high tides still stands for the Southwest and adjacent parts of the Lower West districts, including Mandurah, Bunbury and Busselton. From yesterday up until midday local time, Busselton had picked up almost 50mm of rain. Conditions will begin to ease this afternoon.
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