Here we go again!
Tues evening to Wed morning warning from BOM.
Not sure I like the part about it being of similar strength to the system that affected the southwest on Sunday.

TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING:
Area affected: Southwest of a line from Geraldton to Southern Cross to Israelite
Bay.
An intense storm is expected to hit the south of the state on Tuesday evening.
This storm will be of similar strength to the system that affected the southwest
on Sunday. This storm is expected to cause WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WINDS in excess
of 125 kilometres per hour that could cause SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO
HOMES OR PROPERTY.

HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES may result in flooding of low-lying coastal areas.
People near Geographe Bay are specifically warned of the potential for a
DANGEROUS STORM TIDE. Tides are likely to rise significantly above the normal
high tide mark. DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS are likely which could cause
significant beach erosion.

thoughts out to you guys out on the other side of the country

Be safe and don't underestimate flying debris

I too wish our neighbours in WA all the best regarding today's nasty weather.
Take care and stay safe.

Thanks for your regards.
The worst part about this storm is that there are so many trees down and roofs off from the last few days storm activity.
Poor western power crew working in these conditions trying to get as many houses up and runing with power.
Even now the rain is constant and wind gusting up to 56 km/h at Garden Island.
Poor guys are even loosing there helmets while up the cherry pickers.

Take care and keep us updated!

Thats trav's polite way of saying 'I hope Perth gets absolutely smashed and make sure you capture it on camera so we can all have a look'. lol.

Nahh wild weather for Perth this winter. The systems down south are so big that its dictating our weather up here in Broome too. We have lost our easterlies. Been some SW winds, big swell and humidity has crept back up again. Light band of rain on radar this morning to the south of Broome too.

Yeah pitty its peaking about midnight for Perth.

I just went around and layed all my big pot plants down in the same position that the storm blew them over into on Sunday lol!
Trying to get as prepared as possible. Can one ever? It's difficult if your not used to cyclonic type winds.

I must say the storm on Sunday was pretty amazing, never seen bits of whatever flying through the air like I did then. I've lived continously in Perth for 35 years and never experienced anything like it! Even cyclone Alby wasn't that bad. Now I know what all you avid cyclone watchers feel like hoping for a close encounter; it was scary and thrilling all at the same time lol!

Eeerily calm here in my suburb at the moment, has been since last night. Not a breath of wind anywhere, hard to believe we are about to experience the same again as Sunday. Easy to be complacent and think there's no need to make sure everything is tidy around the yard etc.,

Latest weather warning from BOM 11 am wst.

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
for Widespread Destructive Winds and Abnormally High Tides
For people in parts of WA south of a line from Geraldton to Laverton to Forrest.
This includes people in, near or between Geraldton, Dalwallinu, Jurien Bay,
Southern Cross, York, Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury, Busselton, Margaret River,
Bridgetown, Albany, Katanning, Narrogin, Esperance, Kalgoorlie and Eucla.
Issued at 11:10 am on Tuesday 12 June 2012

WEATHER SITUATION
An intense storm is expected to hit the south of the state from late Tuesday
afternoon and evening. This storm will be of similar strength to the system that
affected the southwest on Sunday though this storm will also affect the south
coast significantly and extend further inland.

For people in parts of WA south of a line from Jurien Bay to Narrogin to Eyre.
This includes people in, near or between Jurien Bay, Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury,
Busselton, Margaret River, Bridgetown, Albany, Katanning, Narrogin and
Esperance:
This storm is expected to cause WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WINDS in excess of 125
kilometres per hour which could cause SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO HOMES
OR PROPERTY. DANGEROUS WINDS are expected to develop in the west from evening
and extend as far east as Hopetoun by midnight and to Eyre by about 8 am
Wednesday. Winds should begin to ease from the west during Wednesday morning.

For people in remaining parts of WA south of a line from Geraldton to Laverton
to Forrest. This includes people in, near or between Geraldton, Dalwallinu,
Kalgoorlie, Southern Cross, York and Eucla.
This storm is expected to cause WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS to 125 kilometres per
hour with LOCALLY DANGEROUS GUSTS in excess of 125 kilometres per hour which
could cause SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO HOMES OR PROPERTY. The DAMAGING
WINDS are likely to develop overnight and extend to Kalgoorlie by early
Wednesday morning and through to Eucla by midday Wednesday. Conditions will ease
in the west during the morning.

Winds associated with this storm are much stronger than a usual winter storm and
are likely to be of a similar strength to the winds experienced on Sunday.
However, this storm is likely to more significantly affect the south coast and
extend further inland than the storm on Sunday. The worst conditions will
commence late afternoon or early evening in the Augusta - Margaret River area,
reaching Perth metropolitan area later in the evening. By dawn on Wednesday
winds along the west coast will begin to ease and the worst conditions will be
along the south coast and inland.

HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES may cause FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS.
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS are likely which could cause significant beach
erosion.

That is a big area from Geraldton to Laverton to Kal and Ecula?Just goes to show the depth of this system.

Pressure droping. Wind starting to pick up and raining after a few hours of fine stuff.
Recon it's time to down tools and head home befor all hell breaks loose on the roads

Yep, we've had a couple of howling wind gusts just come through and its gone dark very quickly up here in the hills. The birds sound like their looking forward to a nice rain bath though lol.

96km/h recorded at Cape Naturaliste at 4pm...wonder what time it's gonna be up here! Exciting!

Pressure droped from 1007 to 997 at the capes in last 5 hours.
Radar showing some heavy showers down there

Heavier Showers and storms now appearing in Perth's radar, gonna be a lot of punch to them. Winds gusts heading fast towards 100km on exposed southern areas. Pressure now at 993 at Cape Leeuwin.

Gee...993 is low.
As I said in a previous post....all stay safe.
Watching from afar in Vic.
When we were kids (very long time ago), we were taught to take refuge in the bathroom/shower recess, with rugs or a mattress over the top of us if a cyclone hit. Because of the many wall structures in a bathroom, it can be the strongest part of a house. Though I hope you guys don't have to resort to ducking for cover like that.

Starting to ramp up now. Recon the bom are spot on with 8 pm start time for Perth. Radar looking the goods.
All seems to be coming together as predicted

Here's a GFS forecast sounding for Perth adjusted for the current obs-

http://soundings.bsch.au.com/skew-t.html...dp=14&mixop=usr

In this sounding, 0-6 km shear is ~60 knots and, significantly, 0-1 km shear is around 40 knots. If anything, the current N'ly surface winds are only increasing low-level shear and leading to greater curvature in the low-level hodograph. Dew points have also increased to 13-15 C in coastal areas which should boast surface-based CAPE. Certainly has the hallmarks of a low CAPE/strong shear tornado environment though it would seem that widespread damage winds are likely in any case.

I'm hoping we are still able to connect with Perth. No updates for 20 minutes. Anyone know what's happening?

Constant howling gusty type winds now. Very little rain though at the moment. The wind chimes are going off big time lol.