31/05/2026
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Severe Weather Warning
for DAMAGING, LOCALLY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
For people in Eucla, Lower West, South West, South Coastal, South East Coastal, Great Southern, Central Wheat Belt and parts of Goldfields and Central West districts.
Issued at 4:44 pm Sunday, 31 May 2026.
DAMAGING TO DESTRUCTIVE WINDS BECOMING LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTH WEST LAND DIVISION FROM THIS AFTERNOON.
Weather Situation: A deepening and intense low pressure system will approach the southwest today and will bring a significant burst of damaging to destructive winds to western and southern parts of the South West Land Division. By Monday the low pressure system is expected to move to the east with the risk of damaging winds shifting towards southeastern WA, before easing overnight Monday night.
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with gusts to 110 km/h are likely over western parts of the South West Land Division from this Sunday afternoon and continuing into early Monday morning. DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS in excess of 125 km/h are likely over an area southwest of a line from Lancelin to Albany, including Perth, during Sunday afternoon and evening.
The risk of DAMAGING WINDS will shift from the west coast to inland parts of the South West Land Division, and to southern Goldfields, South East Coastal and Eucla districts during Monday, clearing from Perth and western districts before sunrise on Monday, then easing in the east on Monday night.
The WINDS associated with the low-pressure system from Sunday afternoon through Monday morning are expected to generate RARELY EXPERIENCED, WIDESPREAD and DAMAGING TO DESTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS across southwest WA.
A separate warning for DAMAGING SURF and ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES is also current for parts of the coast. For more details, refer to https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts
Locations which may be affected include Albany, Bunbury, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Katanning, Manjimup, Merredin, Moora, Narrogin, Norseman, Perth, Busselton, Mandurah, Margaret River, Mount Barker and Northam.
124 km/h wind gust was recorded at Cape Leeuwin at 4:23pm.
111 km/h wind gust was recorded at Busselton Jetty at 2:30pm.
110 km/h wind gust was recorded at Cape Naturaliste at 8:10am.
102 km/h wind gust was recorded at Rottnest Island at 10:07am.
98 km/h wind gust was recorded at Garden Island at 2:54pm.
98 km/h wind gust was recorded at Gooseberry Hill at 1:28pm.
98 km/h wind gust was recorded at Swanbourne at 12:09pm.
98 km/h wind gust was recorded at Bickley at 10:22am.
96 km/h wind gust was recorded at Witchcliffe at 4:33pm.
96 km/h wind gust was recorded at Mandurah at 9:36am.
94 km/h wind gust was recorded at Dwellingup at 3:43pm.
94 km/h wind gust was recorded at Jandakot at 12:50pm.
91 km/h wind gust was recorded at Melville at 1:09pm.
