Perth is experiencing its 12th consecutive day of minimum temperatures below 5 degrees, making it its longest cold spell in at least 100 years! At 0.3 degrees, this morning's temperature fell just 1 degree short of the all-time record of -0.7 degrees. Perth's suburbs did drop to sub-zero lows with Jandakot shivering in -1.4 degrees this morning.
Chilly mornings and nights will continue over Tuesday and Wednesday, but a strong cold front on Thursday will bring a mass of cloud that will keep minimum temperatures to a more bearable 7-8 degrees from Thursday to Sunday. But this powerful front is also poised to deliver severe weather with damaging winds, thunderstorms and heavy rain to the southwest, including Perth.
Further north, unseasonal rain is drenching the Kimberley, Pilbara and northern Interior. This is supposed to be the dry season, but in the last 24 hours a northwest cloudband has delivered 51mm to Marble Bar (4 times its July monthly average), 54mm for Telfer and 36mm for Port Hedland (3 times its July monthly average). As this rain moves eastwards, it's also soaking Alice Springs, with inland QLD next in line.
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