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Significant winter drink for southwest WA

Anthony Duke, Wednesday July 29, 2015 - 13:54 AEST

Rain in southwestern parts of Western Australia has provided some places with the best drink in over a year, but more is yet to come.

Some towns in southwest WA, including parts of the Central Wheatbelt, have just had their wettest July day in 14 years. Nunile achieved this feat with 31mm in the 24 hours to to 9am this morning and was their best rain since April last year. Both Northam and Cunderdin had their best July falls in 14 years collecting 27 and 26mm respectively. The rain fell yesterday as a small low pressure system moved over the southwest.

For parts which may have missed out on this recent event, the good news is there's more to come.

Another low is currently brewing over open water to the west of the country and will start to bring rain as early as Wednesday evening to southern parts of the Gascoyne and northern parts of the Central West.

The system is expected to slowly move south during the next couple of days, drawing more moisture from the Indian Ocean. Consequently Friday should see the most widespread falls of around 25-to-50mm to the Central West, Lower West, Central Wheatbelt and even Goldfields.

Kalgoorlie should see around 40-50mm in the next three days, potentially the best rain since January last year.

With potential for some places in the Goldfields and Central Wheatbelt to accumulate 100mm over the next three days, some long-term records may even be broken.

- Weatherzone

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