Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle batters WA coast
The northwest coast of Western Australia is feeling the full force of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle as the system’s very destructive core skirts along the coast.
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The northwest coast of Western Australia is feeling the full force of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle as the system’s very destructive core skirts along the coast.
A deepening low pressure system over the Tasman Sea is causing severe weather in parts of Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT, with damaging winds, heavy rain, thunderstorms, large waves and highland snow.
The destructive wind field surrounding Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle will start impacting Western Australia’s Pilbara district today, beginning a prolonged period of violent weather that will last for more than 24 hours and extend over 800 km across northwestern Australia.
A powerful low pressure system will cause damaging winds, heavy rain and large waves in Victoria and New South Wales this Friday, along with a burst of cold weather that will bring early-season snow to mountains in four states and territories.
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to make landfall along the west coast of Western Australia later this week, possibly becoming the third tropical cyclone in modern records to make landfall in three Australian states.
A burst of cold, wet and windy weather will affect Australia’s southeastern states this Thursday and Friday, with severe weather likely in parts of Victoria and New South Wales.
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to redevelop off the north coast of Western Australia later this week, before possibly turning south and heading towards Perth this weekend.
Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall early this morning as a severe category 3 system over the Northern Territory’s eastern Top End, after crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria during Saturday.
Western inland WA is expected to be the hottest part of Australia this Saturday, as temperatures are expected to soar to the high 30s for the southwest corner, and into the low 40s for the northwest corner.