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Western Australian Satellite/Lightning

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Western Australia Satellite Notes

Cloud across southern WA with a cold front and trough are generating heavy showers and thunderstorms. High cloud near the Gascoyne coast is not bringing any rain. Skies are generally clear elsewhere under a strong ridge of high pressure.

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A 'hit and miss' growing season finally breaks in WA's Great Southern

18:58 EST

Many farmers in the Great Southern region of West Australia have celebrated the arrival of season breaking rain today, while others in the central Wheatbelt and Northern agricultural areas still await their first decent rain since summer.

Perth misses out on morning rain

16:12 EST

It was a wet morning in the southwestern districts of Western Australia, although Perth missed out on the heavy falls.

Brisbane rain: Big wet tracking down coast to south-east Queensland, BOM says

16:02 EST

Unseasonal rain is falling across large parts of Queensland, with one city receiving nearly four times its May average in a day.