Heavy rain drenches Victoria and the ACT as widespread rain and storms hit southeast Australia
Rain and thunderstorms swept across southeastern Australia last night, producing widespread rain...
Thunderstorm activity fired up across central parts of WA during Sunday afternoon, thanks a low pressure trough situated across the region.
Widespread activity stretched from the Northern Interior down to the South East Coastal District during the evening hours.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for parts of the Goldfields for damaging winds gusts in the form of microbursts with high based, dry thunderstorms. Leonora recorded a gust to 76km/h at 1pm, with Zanthus picking up a handy 15mm in 30 minutes.
This afternoon, more widespread high based storm activity is expected, with the potential for a few of these storms to once again become severe with damaging winds in the form of microbursts.
Image 1: Past 24hr lightning from myfirewatch.landgate.wa.gov.au
Image 2: EWN satellite and lightning tracker yesterday afternoon.
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