14/10/2026
Time to shut your windows!
Your curtains and shutters will thank you 💛
PWL WEATHER UPDATE - HERE COMES THE CHANGE!
WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2026
Well, Mother Nature has decided we've had enough of the warm weather and is preparing to give southern WA a good old-fashioned weather slap!
After Perth flirted with 30°C today, a cooler change is moving through, bringing showers, possible thunderstorms and temperatures struggling to reach 20°C tomorrow.
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🕒 3PM - 6PM | THE CHANGE APPROACHES
🌡️ Perth and surrounding areas begin cooling as cloud increases.
🌧️ Showers developing across parts of the South West and South Coastal districts.
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🕕 6PM - 9PM | SHOWERS MOVE IN
📍 Busselton & Bunbury: Showers developing from around 6-8PM.
📍 Mandurah: Rain chances increasing around 7-9PM.
📍 Perth: Showers possible from around 7PM onwards.
📍 Albany: Showers developing during the evening.
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🕘 9PM - MIDNIGHT | THINGS GET WETTER
🌧️ Showers becoming more widespread across Perth, Peel and the South West.
⛈️ A thunderstorm or two cannot be ruled out.
📍 York and the Wheatbelt: Showers spreading inland during the evening.
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🕛 MIDNIGHT - 6AM | OVERNIGHT ACTION
🌧️ Showers continuing across Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury, Busselton and Albany.
⛈️ Possible embedded thunderstorms with locally heavier rainfall.
📍 Lake Grace and the eastern Wheatbelt: Rain developing overnight.
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🕕 6AM - 10AM THURSDAY | STORM WATCH
⛈️ Showers and possible thunderstorms across parts of Perth and the South West Land Division.
⚠️ A slight chance of localised heavy rainfall across the Lower West, with stronger thunderstorms possible farther inland.
🌤️ Conditions should gradually improve across western coastal districts later in the morning.
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🌡️ THURSDAY - WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!
Perth: 19-21°C
Mandurah: 18-19°C
Bunbury: 18-19°C
Busselton: 18-19°C
Albany: 17-19°C
York: 20-24°C
Lake Grace: 20-26°C
⛈️ AFTERNOON STORM THREAT SHIFTS EAST
Attention turns to the eastern Goldfields, Eucla and southeastern South Interior, where severe thunderstorms may produce damaging winds, heavy rainfall and large hail.
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🎯 PWL'S VERDICT
✅ Cooler change: Very likely.
🌧️ Showers tonight into Thursday morning: Good model agreement.
⛈️ Thunderstorms: Possible, but exact locations remain uncertain.
🕒 Main period to watch: 7PM tonight through to 10AM Thursday.
Remember, these are approximate model timings, not Mother Nature's appointment schedule. She's notoriously unreliable!