Australian Weather

A ridge of high pressure establishing itself over WA has seen a return to relatively drier weather over the southwest on Sunday. However the next cold front approaching the mainland is expected to bring another burst of showery winds to the southwest. Showers are expected to fall over the far southwest capes early on Monday morning and extend up to the Central West District and as far east as the Southern Coastal district by Monday evening. Up to 10mm is expected in the far southwest. Light showers will spread across southern WA into Tuesday as this cold front moves into the Bight. Totals will generally be less than 5mm during Tuesday.

Perth can expect to receive around 10 to 15mm from this next front. Perth city has had just over 100mm this winter and will need around 150mm during August to avoid 2006 being its driest winter on record. The August average for Perth is 136mm.