Perth cools as northern WA swelters

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THE Bureau of Meteorology is expecting weather records to be broken with continuing high temperatures in large parts of WA.

Perth has been partly cloudy today, with winds of 25-30km/h from the south-west today before they turn southerly in the late evening.

Similar conditions are expected for the next couple of days before thunderstorms return on Saturday, bringing with it hot and humid conditions.

However, the hot spell continues in many parts of the state today, with many centres in the Goldfields hitting 45C+ temperatures.

At 3pm today Leonora in the Goldfields recorded 48.8 degrees while the Gascoyne's Mt Magnet hit 45.7.

The temperatures are well above the localities' average for mean maximums for January, which are 37C for  Leonora and 38.2C in Mt Magnet.

Duty forecaster Richard Rattley said while there had been a cool change in Perth and thunderstorm in the Pilbara thanks to tropical cyclone Narelle, much of WA was still sweltering.

"It would not surprise me if records have been broken today," Mr Rattley said.

"But we won't know for certain until the official reports at 9am tomorrow."

BOM information officer John Relf this afternoon tweeted that Leonora's maximum temp of 49 degrees was WA's hottest day since 49.2 degrees was recorded at Onslow Airport in the Pilbara on December 22, 2011.

Mr Rattley said much of WA including the Goldfields, Eucla, and Interior were still experiencing 40C+ maximums because of a hot air mass that was not moving.

"So the heat has just built up day after day after day," he said.

But relief will come eventually with tropical cyclone Narelle expected to create humidity and thunderstorms in the lower parts of the State later in the week.

Cyclone Narelle, a category-2 storm system,was located about 840km north of Karratha and 1000km north north-east of Exmouth this afternoon.

Gales with gusts to 100 kilometres per hour are expected to develop in coastal areas between Whim Creek and Onslow including the Karratha area Friday morning, then extend west to Exmouth and Coral Bay later Friday or early Saturday.

Winds are likely to increase further during Saturday about the west Pilbara coast.

Thunderstorm activity will increase about the Pilbara coast on Friday with isolated heavy rainfall possible.

THIS WEEK'S PERTH FORECAST   
Wednesday
Min 20
Max 29
Partly cloudy
 
Thursday
Min 16
Max 29
Partly cloudy
 
Friday
Min 16
Max 32
Mostly sunny
 
Saturday
Min 19
Max 32
Chance of a storm
 
Sunday
Min 20
Max 28
Showers and chance of a storm

Monday
Min 22
Max 30
Chance of a storm

Tuesday
Min 23
Max 31
Chance of a storm

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