Whiteman, Western Australia, Australia Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Widespread west to northwesterly DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with gusts of around 100 km/h, which may cause damage to homes and property, are likely southwest of Lancelin to Albany, including the Perth area.
As the front moves east during the early afternoon, strong winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS around 100 km/h will extend inland to the Great Southern, southern Central Wheat Belt and remaining southern coastal districts, particularly in showers and thunderstorms.
During the early evening winds will tend southwesterly and begin to ease over western and inland districts, but DAMAGING WIND GUSTS are likely to continue about the south coast until around midnight.
People in the southwest of WA experience a front as windy as this about 5 times per year.
A Coastal Hazards Warning is also current for parts of the west coast. For more information see http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/warnings/
Locations which may be affected include Albany, Bunbury, Busselton, Esperance, Katanning, Mandurah, Manjimup, Margaret River, Merredin, Mount Barker, Narrogin, Northam and Perth.
98 km/h wind gust was recorded at Busselton Jetty at 9:46 am.
102 km/h wind gust was recorded at Cape Leeuwin at 9:22 am.
93 km/h wind gust was recorded at Swanbourne at 9:13 am.
95 km/h wind gust was recorded at Rottnest Island Airport at 8:04 am.
91 km/h wind gust was recorded at Ocean Reef at 7:12 am.
96 km/h wind gust was recorded at Cape Naturaliste at 6:55 am.

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