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