Perth feels winter blast
Perth got its first taste of winter for 2015 as a cold front brought showers and gusty winds to the metropolitan area.
A week of warm days and blue skies was today replaced rain and blustery winds.
The Bureau of Meteorology says showers will continue throughout the afternoon with isolated heavy falls and strong wind gusts near the coast.
There is a chance of thunderstorms this evening and tomorrow.
Perth's forecast maximum temperature today was just 16C and it is not expected to get above 18C tomorrow.
A weather alert is in place for the South West, including Bunbury, Busselton and Margaret River.
A low pressure system is expected to cross the southwest corner of the state overnight, bringing the risk of thunderstorms and damaging winds.
Geographe Bay is expected to be hardest hit with a storm surges expected late tonight and tomorrow morning. There is a risk of flooding, the bureau warns.
Showers are forecast to continue on Monday and Tuesday and the bureau’s forecasters say it could be Wednesday before there is relief from the wet weather.
