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More rain for thirsty southwest WA

Anthony Sharwood, Wednesday May 8, 2024 - 16:46 AEST

It won't be a deluge, but at least some rain is heading the way of the parched southwest corner of Western Australia from Friday into the weekend.

Last week saw the first significant rainfall in the region for many months, with falls topping 100 mm at Wandering, an hour or so southeast of Perth, and more moderate falls elsewhere including 12 mm in Perth itself in the first three days of May.

Another location where locals were extremely grateful to see last week's rain was Busselton, the gateway to the Margaret River wine and surf region, which had received a paltry 0.4 mm in the first four months of the year until 32.6 mm fell last week.

But all of these areas need much, much more rain, and while the coming system won't deliver heavy falls of the type that are likely to arrive during the coming wet season, any rain will still be very welcome.

READ MORE: Driest 12 months on record for big chunk of WA

So how much rain will fall this week?

Rain should arrive with a cold front on Friday. This is not a particularly strong system but we could still see up to 10 mm in Perth and slightly heavier falls further south – although falls are expected to be lighter once you get down towards Albany and the South Coastal forecast district.

Indeed as shown in the image above of accumulated rainfall by Saturday morning, falls should be heaviest in the areas mentioned earlier – from about Perth to Busselton.

Most of the rain should fall on Friday so if your weekend plans revolve around dry weather, you might just get lucky. Not that too many southwest WA locals would complain about an event being ruined by rain at the moment.

- Weatherzone

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