Weather Recap for the Week

Written by Team Morecast

Severe cold fronts, blizzards and deadly winds… it all happened this week across Australia.

Check out the replay of the weather this week

Radar: Bureau of Meteorology, Satellite: Japan Meteorological Agency, Lightning: UBIMET

Cold fronts galore hit Western Australia

Three vigorous cold fronts hit the south-west of Western Australia from late last week until Monday.

Some of the strongest winds of the winter for this area were recorded with gusts of over 100km/h recorded in the far south-west of the state. Weather stations near Perth saw winds reach over 80km/h.

Strongest wind gusts recorded in August 2017 for SW Western Australia (open in new tab for larger view)

 

Tropical Indian Ocean Moisture

The fronts dragged a lot of moisture from the Indian Ocean across Australia.

Combining with a cold front hitting the south-east of the country, this brought about heavy rain to VIC and southern NSW mid week.

Snow top up for the Alps

A second cold front came through on Thursday delivering high winds and heavy snow to the snow fields. This event was nearly a repeat of the week before with blizzard conditions returning.

Wind blasts the south east

With a high over central Australia and deep low moving over the Tasman Sea, a pressure squeeze meant it was a blowy end of the week for the south-eastern states.

Sydney on Friday saw wind gusts of over 100km/h. Damage to buildings were reported with roofs being blown off buildings.

This comes after winds blew down a wall in Sydney on Wednesday, killing a man and severely injuring another.

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